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Title:

Eugenics and the welfare state : sterilization policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland / edited by Gunnar Broberg and Nils Roll-Hansen.

Edition:

Rev. pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Michigan State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

xviii, 294 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Eugenics--Scandinavia--History.
Involuntary sterilization--History.--Scandinavia--History.
Welfare state--History.
Eugenics.
Sterilization, Reproductive.

Other Authors:

Broberg, Gunnar, 1942-
Roll-Hansen, Nils, 1938-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-280) and index.

Contents:

Scandinavia : an introduction / Gunnar Broberg -- Something rotten in the state of Denmark : eugenics and the ascent of the welfare state / Bent Sigurd Hansen -- Eugenics in Sweden : efficient care / Gunnar Broberg and Mattias Tydén -- Norwegian eugenics : sterilization as social reform / Nils Roll-Hansen -- From race hygiene to sterilization : the eugenics movement in Finland / Marjatta Hietala -- Conclusion : Scandinavian eugenics in the international context / Nils Roll-Hansen.

ISBN:

9780870137587 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0870137581 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65175302

LCCN:

2006279960

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)