Biology, medicine and society, 1840-1940

The authors describe different historical aspects of the interrelationship of technical experience and social policy in the fields of health, education and social welfare.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Past and Present Society (-), British Society for the History of Science
Otros Autores: Webster, Charles, 1936- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press 1981.
Colección:CUP ebooks.
Past and present publications.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Charles Webster
  • Women's health and the women's movement in Britain : 1840-1940 / Brian Harrison
  • Working-class mothers and infant mortality in England, 1895-1914 / Carol Dyhouse
  • Theories of the cell state in Imperial Germany / Paul Weindling
  • Innate character in animals and man : a perspective on the origins of ethology / John R. Durant
  • Genetics in the United States and Breat Britain 1890-1930 : a review with speculations / Daniel J. Kevles
  • Eugenics and class / G.R. Searle
  • Sociobiologies in competition : the biometrician-Mendelian debate / Donald Mackenzie
  • Psychologists and class / Bernard Norton
  • Measuring intelligence : English local education authorities and mental testing 1919-1939 / Gillian Sutherland.