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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511478803321

Autore

Cleminson Richard

Titolo

Catholicism, race and empire : eugenics in Portugal, 1900-1950 / / Richard Cleminson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Budapest, Hungary ; ; New York, New York : , : Central European University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

963-386-029-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 pages)

Collana

CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine, , 2079-1119 ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

363.9/209469

Soggetti

Eugenics - Portugal - History

Social justice - Portugal - History

Electronic books.

Portugal Race relations History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introductino -- The birth of eugenics in Portugal : early debates and the social and scientific context, 1900-1927 -- Between consolidation and institutionalisation : eugenics, Catholic opposition and the Salazar regime, 1927-1933 -- Apogee and decline : from the establishment of the eugenics society to dissolution into the centre for demographic studies, 1934-1960 -- Race, eugenics and miscegenation in the Portuguese metropole and overseas territories -- Conclusion.