After receiving Brit and faux-Canadian responses to his comment: > >> Of course, Galton's eugenic racism had Hitler's regime > >> as its direct descendant
> Jim Dougan wrote (31 August): > > Wow - I certainly seem to have touched a sensitive nerve with the Brits and > > Canadians.... In trying to get to the British Medical Journal original format version of the article Allen E. recommended, I stumbled across something that may be of interest in this debate, now winding down. It's a review of a recent book which makes the rather startling claim "that British eugenics was almost completely imported from the United States". The reviewer rejects that premise but given the comments on this thread, it's interesting that the claim was made at all. The book is Edwin Black's (2003) "War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race" The book review is by Joff Lelliott in the February 14th 2004 issue at http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/328/7436/411-a Disclaimer: I am unrelated to Edwin Black or, for that matter, to Lord Black of Crossharbour (for which I am recently very grateful). Stephen ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
