Eugenics and Racial Hygiene: The Connections between the United States and Germany
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Title
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Eugenics and Racial Hygiene: The Connections between the United States and Germany
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Author
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Nicholas Baker
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Faculty Advisor
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David Doellinger
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Date
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1/1/2016
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Abstract
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During the 1910s-1930s eugenics movement, communications zipped between the German and American eugenicists; this movement was directed towards better breeding in human beings to weed out the unfit who were supposedly plaguing society. Most research has predominantly focused on the eugenics movements within individual countries and not the interplay between them. Through letters, pamphlets, propaganda, and research conducted by eugenics organizations, my research explores the contact between movements and focuses on the exchange itself. A pamphlet produced by the Human Betterment Foundation entitled best illustrates the exchange of ideas. It was created in 1934, and argued in favor of the advantages and benefits of sterilization of unfit individuals. The Nazi journal viewed this survey as evidence that the more information people had about sterilization, the more likely it was that they would support it. This source supports my overall argument that the eugenics movement exchanged information on the international front and adapted information for local publics.
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Type
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Text
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Language
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eng
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Rights
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Western Oregon University Library has determined, as of 06/09/2022, this item is in copyright, which is held by the author. Users may use the item in accordance with copyright limitations and exceptions, including fair use. For other uses, please ask permission from the author.
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Department
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History
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Identifier
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his/67
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