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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47120297 Title: Eugenics and modernization in interwar Romania Author: Maria Bucur-Deckard Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0822941724 9780822941729 OCLC:47120297

  
  

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Eugenics and modernization in interwar Romania

Author:	Maria Bucur-Deckard
Publisher:	Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2002.
Series:	Series in Russian and East European studies.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Since Its Rise as a scientific discipline in the late nineteenth century, eugenics has both fascinated and repelled generations of biologists, doctors, social reformers, politicians, and historians. Much has been reported and debated on this controversial subject, from Hitler's Germany to The Bell Curve, yet studies have generally neglected Eastern Europeans' interest in eugenics. Between 1918 and 1948, a growing group of professionals - prominent physicians, academicians, scientists, and sociologists - set out to transform Romanian health care, society, and the state according to the gospel of eugenics." "Maria Bucur sheds new light on eugenics in Eastern Europe by focusing on Romania during the period between World Wars I and II. She demonstrates how Romanian eugenicists helped change the concepts of social organization and reform, of public health and education, of the role of science in generating social reform, of women's roles, and of the state's responsibility for social welfare. Bucur also illustrates their role in generating important public health legislation, from the broad-based Moldovan Law of 1930 and the legalization of abortion in cases based on eugenic criteria, to restrictive measures and pressures placed on Romanian military and government officials against miscegenation." "Bucur's interpretation of eugenics in interwar Romania raises issues relevant to today's scientific culture. Should the modern welfare state regulate the lives and reproductive rights of its citizens? Are modernization, social organization, and progress facilitated in any way by eugenics? Scientists and policymakers continue to ask questions similar to those posed by Romanian eugenicists a half-century ago. With this book, Bucur sets the stage for an intellectual dialogue with other historians, scientists, and policymakers."--Jacket.  Read more...
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Subjects	Eugenics -- Romania -- History. Eugenics. Romania. View all subjects
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