02747nam 22005533u 450 991046642090332120210108113044.01-77658-810-X(CKB)3790000000021244(EBL)2058874(OCoLC)910815572(SSID)ssj0001536632(PQKBManifestationID)11816296(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001536632(PQKBWorkID)11529423(PQKB)10938078(MiAaPQ)EBC2058874(EXLCZ)99379000000002124420151005d2015|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrEugenics and Other Evils[electronic resource]The Floating Press20151 online resource (144 p.)Description based upon print version of record.""Title""; ""Contents""; ""To the Reader""; ""PART I - THE FALSE THEORY""; ""Chapter I - What is Eugenics?""; ""Chapter II - The First Obstacles""; ""Chapter III - The Anarchy from Above""; ""Chapter IV - The Lunatic and the Law""; ""Chapter V - The Flying Authority""; ""Chapter VI - The Unanswered Challenge""; ""Chapter VII - The Established Church of Doubt""; ""Chapter VIII - A Summary of a False Theory""; ""PART II - THE REAL AIM""; ""Chapter I - The Impotence of Impenitence""; ""Chapter II - True History of a Tramp""; ""Chapter III - True History of a Eugenist""""Chapter IV - The Vengeance of the Flesh""""Chapter V - The Meanness of the Motive""; ""Chapter VI - The Eclipse of Liberty""; ""Chapter VII - The Transformation of Socialism""; ""Chapter VIII - The End of the Household Gods""; ""Chapter IX - A Short Chapter""When the concept of eugenics -- the practice of selecting for desirable traits in the larger population by encouraging gifted and/or attractive people to breed -- began to take hold in the early twentieth century, British thinker and writer G.K. Chesterton took a stance contrary to that of many intellectuals of the period and denounced it as evil in this bold, engaging series of essays.EugenicsSociology & Social HistoryHILCCSocial SciencesHILCCFamily & MarriageHILCCElectronic books.Eugenics.Sociology & Social HistorySocial SciencesFamily & Marriage824.91Chesterton G. K.(Gilbert Keith),1874-1936,848676AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910466420903321Eugenics and Other Evils1895481UNINA