Overview
Offers new insights into the eugenics and birth control movement in Greece to show the continuity of eugenics during the post-war period
Presents research from previously unexplored Greek, American and British archives
Situates the Greek case within an international context, exploring the development of a network of Greek, American and British eugenicists
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The book covers for the first time the untold history of contraception in Greece during the 1950s and 1960s when the use of female contraceptives was forbidden. It thus argues that birth control was ideologically based on eugenics. In the same context, the book discusses significant breakthroughs related to eugenics, such as the rise of the feminist movement and the advance of human genetics that took place during this period.
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Book Title: Post-War Eugenics, Reproductive Choices and Population Policies in Greece, 1950s–1980s
Authors: Alexandra Barmpouti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03568-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03567-9Published: 21 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03568-6Published: 09 February 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 204
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Modern Europe, History of Medicine, Gender and Sexuality, Social History