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The Legacy of Malthus: The Social Costs of the New Scientific Racism
A comprehensive account of the origins of scientific racism in the Industrial Revolution, its theorists and propagandists, its malign influence on public policy, and its destructive effects on past and present American life
686 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1980
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May 16, 2013
This was a fascinating book that I read well over twenty years ago.
Chase writes about the American eugenics movement and how grew from intelligence tests administered during the early 20th century.
Some years ago somebody loaned me David Duke's book "My Awakening". Duke, an overt racist, justified his racial views by using many of the questionable studies that Chase brings up in "The Legacy of Malthus."
Sadly, Chase's book is out of print. My copy was loaned to a professor years ago, and he lost it...and all the other books I loaned him. Chase's book is now offered used for about thirty dollars on Amazon. I highly recommend it.
Chase writes about the American eugenics movement and how grew from intelligence tests administered during the early 20th century.
Some years ago somebody loaned me David Duke's book "My Awakening". Duke, an overt racist, justified his racial views by using many of the questionable studies that Chase brings up in "The Legacy of Malthus."
Sadly, Chase's book is out of print. My copy was loaned to a professor years ago, and he lost it...and all the other books I loaned him. Chase's book is now offered used for about thirty dollars on Amazon. I highly recommend it.
August 1, 2007
Exhaustively traces the trajectory of eugenics from Malthus to the environmental movement of the 1970s.
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