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Post-War Eugenics, Reproductive Choices and Population Policies in Greece, 1950s–1980s
Title
Post-War Eugenics, Reproductive Choices and Population Policies in Greece, 1950s–1980s [electronic resource] / by Alexandra Barmpouti.
ISBN
9783030035686
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XI, 204 p.) 1 illus.
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Summary
This book sheds light on the history of Greek eugenics during the post-war period. At this time, eugenics had already been condemned by international declarations. Alexandra Barmpouti, however, challenges the assumption that eugenics disappeared and confirms the continuity of eugenics after the Second World War. She looks at the Greek paradigm because it included the establishment of a eugenics society in 1953 and revealed the contact of Greek eugenicists with renowned British and American birth control advocates. The book covers for the first time the untold history of contraception in Greece during the 1950s and 1960s when the use of female contraceptives was forbidden. It thus justifies that birth control was ideologically based on eugenics. In the same context, the book discusses significant breakthroughs related to eugenics, such as the rise of the feminist movement and the advance of human genetics that took place during this period.
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Language
English
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February 27, 2019
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Health and Hygiene, 1900-1950
Chapter 3: The Hellenic Eugenics Society
Chapter 4: The International Network
Chapter 5: Eugenic Concerns
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Index.
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