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Purity’s past: how animal breeding’s ideals fueled flawed eugenics.
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Ideology of Purity

Patterns in Animal Breeding and Eugenics, 1860-1920

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  • Hardcover

    238 pages

  • Release Date

    16 December 2025

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Summary

Ideology of Purity

Ideology of Purity challenges the assumption that animal breeding has served as a reliable model for eugenics through a direct comparison of the views of eugenicists with those of animal breeders.

Eugenicists have cited animal breeding to justify their conceptions on human heredity and purity, misunderstanding the true meaning behind these principles and practices. Rather than accepting eugenic rhetoric at face value, this book examines ho…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781487570323
ISBN-10:1487570325
Author:Margaret E. Derry
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Imprint:University of Toronto Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:238
Release Date:16 December 2025
Weight:480g
Dimensions:32mm x 160mm x 236mm
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Ideology of Purity by Margaret E. Derry - ISBN: 9781487570323
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About The Author

Margaret E. Derry

Margaret E. Derry is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Guelph.

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