The Legacy of Malthus (Illini Books) [Paperback]

Allan Chase (Author)

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• Paperback: 686 pages
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press (March 1, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0252007905
• ISBN-13: 978-0252007903
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,065,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Indispensable!, September 7, 2011

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Alvaro E. Siman "A.E. Samaan" (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legacy of Malthus (Illini Books) (Paperback)

This book is absolutely indispensable to any historian of the 19th and 20th centuries. The socio-economic importance of eugenics and scientific racism is inseparable from the politics, economics, and culture of these two centuries. There are many books on eugenics and scientific racism. Few are so detailed and well-researched as this one. It is unfortunate that this book is not better known than it is. It truly belongs at the top of the list of eugenics and scientific racism books. You simply cannot understand the Holocaust, WWII, or the end of the 19th, and beginning of the 20th Centuries without understanding the contents of this book.