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Daniel J. Kevles. In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. Pp. x, 426. $22.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

Christine M. Shea
Christine M. Shea*
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West Virginia University
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History of Education Quarterly , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , Winter 1986 , pp. 621 - 626
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Copyright © 1986 by the History of Education Society 

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References

1. Kevles, Daniel J., “Annals of Eugenics: A Secular Faith,” parts 1–4, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 1984, 51–115; 15 Oct. 1984, 52–125; 22 Oct. 1984, 92–151; Oct. 1984, 51–117. I am grateful to Timothy Reagan for initially bringing these articles to my attention.Google Scholar

2. Winkler, Karen J., “Eugenics: The Two-Sided Science of Manipulating Human Heredity,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 Oct. 1985, 7–9; Judson, Horace Freeland, “Gene Genie,” New Republic, 5 Aug. 1985, 28–34.Google Scholar

3. In thinking about these issues, I am grateful for the stimulating and thought-provoking discussions I have had with three friends: my niece, O'Neill, Elizabeth, an undergraduate at M.I.T. majoring in experimental genetics research; my niece, O'Neill, Katherine, a graduate student at the University of Rochester majoring in econometrics; and Dr. Joseph Marshall, associate professor, Department of Biology, West Virginia University.Google Scholar

4. The interested reader should review chapters 5, 6, and 7 in Kevles's book for a more detailed discussion of these comparisons.Google Scholar

5. Karier, Clarence J., “Science, Racism, and the Oppression of the Poor,” Review of Education 3 (Sept./Oct. 1977): 333–42; MacBeth, Norman, Darwin Retried: An Appeal to Reason (Boston, 1971).Google Scholar