Eugenics is the science of being well born, exploring how social action can improve future generations.
This short, clear work compiles lectures on Eugenics and explains its aims from a biological and social perspective. It surveys how heredity, environment, and social conditions interact to shape human life, and it shows why many scientists think careful, informed action is needed today.
- Learn how birth rates relate to social status, occupation, and living conditions, and why these patterns matter for future populations.
- See how heredity and order of birth relate to the risk of certain defects, welfare concerns, and criminal tendencies.
- Discover how diagrams and data are used to study variation, inheritance, and the forces shaping human traits.
- Consider how ideas about marriage, family, and reproduction could influence society and public policy.
Ideal for readers of social science history and biology who want a concise, accessible look at the foundations and aims of eugenics as it was understood in its early days.