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Author Cleminson, Richard

Title Catholicism, race and empire : eugenics in Portugal, 1900-1950 / Richard Cleminson
Published Budapest : Central European University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series CEU press studies in the history of medicine
Contents Introductino -- The birth of eugenics in Portugal : early debates and the social and scientific context, 1900-1927 -- Between consolidation and institutionalisation : eugenics, Catholic opposition and the Salazar regime, 1927-1933 -- Apogee and decline : from the establishment of the eugenics society to dissolution into the centre for demographic studies, 1934-1960 -- Race, eugenics and miscegenation in the Portuguese metropole and overseas territories -- Conclusion
Summary This monograph places the science and ideology of eugenics in early twentieth-century Portugal within the context of the development of eugenics in other countries in the same period. The author argues that three factors governed the impact of eugenics in Portugal: a low level of institutionalization, opposition from Catholics and the conservative nature of the Salazar regime. In Portugal eugenic science was confined to three expressions: individualized studies on mental health, often from a 'biotypological' perspective; a particular stance on racial miscegenation in the context of the substan
Analysis Catholic Church, Early 20th century, Eugenics, Portugal, Racial studies, Racism, Social justice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Catholic Church -- Portugal -- History
Catholic Church -- History.
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Eugenics -- Portugal -- History
Social justice -- Portugal -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
MEDICAL -- History.
Eugenics
Race relations
Social justice
SUBJECT Portugal -- Race relations -- History
Subject Portugal
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9633860296
9789633860298