商品簡介
Rather than a homogenous, right-wing, Anglo-Saxon ideology, the eugenics movement has been studied in recent years in a broader way--as multifaceted, variable, and international; it differed from country to country, and evolved over time. Based on previously unexplored archival documentation, this study traces Italian eugenics from the beginning of the 1900s, through the fascist regime, to the first half of the 1970s--the final chapter dealing with UNESCO, and with American scientific racism. Cassata is an Italian scholar who has published extensively on the ideology of Italian fascism, neo-fascism, and the history of fascist racism. This book is an extended version in English of the original Italian edition (Bollati Boringhieri Editore, Torino). Distribution in the US is by Books International. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Francesco Cassata received his PhD in Contemporary History from the University of Turin. He published extensively on the ideology of Italian fascism and neo-fascism, and on the history of fascist racism. He is also author of the first indepth study of Lysenkoism in Italy. His current research project concerns the Italian geneticist Adriano Buzzati-Traverso and the development of molecular biology in Italy.
