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The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
Stefan Kühl
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Paperback. Winner of the 1993 Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History, The Nazi Connection shows how the Nazis drew upon American eugenic thought, scientific research, and widespread sterilization laws to install their program of eugenics after 1933. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBTZ; HBWQ; JHBD; JPFQ; PSAK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
In this explosive new book, Stefan Kühl shows for the first time the full extent of eugenic/racist connections between Nazi Germany and the United States. Drawing on exhaustive original research, Kühl shows that German and American eugenic/racist theories were mutually influential, from Hitler acknowledging a debt to the US Immigration Restriction Act for his views on the exclusion of `undesirables' to the collaboration between scientists of both nations throughout the 1930s. He also reveals the links between Nazi and American views on racial purity. Exposing the key part Americans played in the furtherance of international racism, this ... Read more
In this explosive new book, Stefan Kühl shows for the first time the full extent of eugenic/racist connections between Nazi Germany and the United States. Drawing on exhaustive original research, Kühl shows that German and American eugenic/racist theories were mutually influential, from Hitler acknowledging a debt to the US Immigration Restriction Act for his views on the exclusion of `undesirables' to the collaboration between scientists of both nations throughout the 1930s. He also reveals the links between Nazi and American views on racial purity. Exposing the key part Americans played in the furtherance of international racism, this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
284g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195149784
SKU
V9780195149784
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About Stefan Kühl
Stefan Kühl is a sociological researcher in Bielefeld, Germany.
Reviews for The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism
"Despite several excellent recent books on the history of eugenics, Kühl's little book has moved the history of eugenics to a new level: the international connections that nationally researched studies have heretofore failed to make. The role of American intellectual and scientific encouragement for first German and then Nazi ideas on eugenics
and beyond
is simply dynamite information. Kühl's close dissection of ... Read more
and beyond
is simply dynamite information. Kühl's close dissection of ... Read more