The Problem of Mental Deficiency: Eugenics, Democracy, and Social Policy in Britain, c.1870-1959: Eugenics and Social Policy in Britain, C.1870-1959 (Oxford Historical Monographs) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Problem of Mental Deficiency: Eugenics, Democracy, and Social Policy in Britain, c.1870-1959: Eugenics and Social Policy in Britain, C.1870-1959 (Oxford Historical Monographs) Book

The Problem of Mental Deficiency : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780198206927 : 0198206925 : 14 May 1998 : This volume studies the alarm about 'mental defectives' in Britain between 1870 and 1959, and the policies of segregation, community care,and sexual sterilization. It examines the origins of these central government policies, showing how they were practiced by health professionals and local authorities. In the OXFORD HISTORICAL MONOGRAPHS series.Read More

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    This is the first full study of the great alarm about "mental defectives" in Britain between 1870 and 1959, and the resulting policies of segregation, community care, and sexual sterilization. Mathew Thomson examines the origins of these policies in central government and shows how they were put into practice by health professionals and local authorities. He reveals how policy-makers avoided extremist measures such as compulsory sterilization (introduced in Germany and parts of the US during this period), not for reasons of liberal principle but because of the socially conservative and anti-interventionlist nature of British political culture.

  • 0198206925
  • 9780198206927
  • Mathew Thomson
  • 12 March 1998
  • OUP Oxford
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 368
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