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Title:

Davenport's dream : 21st century reflections on heredity and eugenics / edited by Jan A. Witkowski, John R. Inglis.

Publisher:

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Human genetics--Social aspects.
Human genetics--History.
Eugenics.
Davenport, Charles Benedict,--1866-1944.--Heredity in relation to eugenics.
Davenport, Charles Benedict,--1866-1944.
Genetics, Medical.
Eugenics.

Other Authors:

Witkowski, J. A. (Jan Anthony), 1947-
Inglis, J. R. (John R.)
Davenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944. Heredity in relation to eugenics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-287) and index.

Contents:

Genes and politics / James D. Watson -- Charles Benedict Davenport, 1866-1944 / Jan A. Witkowski -- The eugenic world of Charles Benedict Davenport / Elof A. Carlson -- Davenport's dream / Maynard V. Olson -- Genetic determinism and evolutionary ethics: a mitochondrial perspective / Douglas C. Wallace -- Psychiatric genetics in an era of relative enlightenment / Daniel R. Weinberger and David Goldman -- Genes in mind? / Lindsey Kent and Simon Baron-Cohen -- Davenport and heredity counseling / Philip R. Reilly -- Genetics and equality / Ronald Dworkin -- Genetics and human nature / Lewis Wolpert -- A reprint of Heredity in relation to eugenics / Charles Benedict Davenport (published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1911).

ISBN:

0879697563 (hard cover : alk. paper)
9780879697563 (hard cover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007050996

Locations:

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)