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Eugenics: Part 1
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Why did eugenics become mainstream among some of the most educated, scientifically minded and socially conscious people of the early twentieth century?
Before eugenics became inseparable in public memory from Nazi Germany, forced sterilisation and racial supremacy, British eugenicists believed modern civilisation had created a serious problem: medicine, sanitation, welfare and charity were saving lives while…
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