Title Baltic Eugenics : Bio-Politics, Race and Nation in Interwar Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 1918-1940 / edited by Björn M. Felder & Paul J. Weindling.

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Summary	The history of eugenics in the Baltic States is largely unknown. The book compares for the first time the eugenic projects of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the related disciplines of racial anthropology and psychiatry, and situates them within the wider European context. Strong ethno-nationalism defined the nation as a biological group, which was fostered by authoritarian regimes established in Lithuania in 1926, and in Estonia and Latvia in 1934. The eugenics projects were designed to establish a nation in biological terms. Their aims were to render the nation ethnically, genetically and.
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Subject	Eugenics -- Estonia -- History -- 20th century.
	Eugenics.
	Estonia.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Eugenics -- Latvia -- History -- 20th century.
	Latvia.
	Eugenics -- Lithuania -- History -- 20th century.
	Lithuania.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Added Author	Felder, Björn M. (Björn Michael), 1974-
	Weindling, Paul.
Other Form:	Print version: Felder, Bjorn M. Baltic Eugenics. Editions Rodopi 2013 1306183685
ISBN	9789401209762 (electronic book)
	9401209766 (electronic book)
	1306183685 (electronic book)
	9781306183680 (electronic book)