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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Marius Turda'a acclaimed work on the history of race and national character in modern Romania is now available on #OpenAcess. You can dowload it here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Forthcoming: Marius Turda's book on the history of race in modern Hungary. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/race-and-...
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CEU Press @ceu-press.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In Search of the Perfect Romanian by Marius Turda interrogates debates on Romanian national character and race from the 1880s to the 1950s. Read it in open access or order your copy: www.aup.nl/en/book/9789048573608/in…
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Marius Turda'a acclaimed work on the history of race and national character in modern Romania is now available on #OpenAcess. You can dowload it here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Forthcoming: Marius Turda's book on the history of race in modern Hungary. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/race-and-...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Prof Daniel Kevles (Yale University), Prof Alice Kessler-Harris (Columbia University) and Prof Marius Turda (Oxford Brookes University) on their way to the symposium on #eugenics.
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University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Join author @schuneke.bsky.social and moderator Rachel Jones for the launch of I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany! Fri, Apr 3, 12:30pm, @georgemasonu.bsky.social Register: bit.ly/472u0ns #QueerHistory #BookLaunch
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Psychiatry after Kraepelin: Ambition Images Practices 1926-2026 (eds. George Ikkos and Thomas Becker) is now available on #OpenAccess. Marius Turda has contributed a chapter on #eugenics and #degeneration! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Psychiatry after Kraepelin
This Open Access book lays out the ambiguities relating to E. Kraepelin’s legacy and highlights developments in psychiatry since his death.
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 11/03/2026
I'm looking forward to celebrating the achievements of historian of science Dan Kevles in Oxford next week. I'll be talking about the mercurial associations between the pursuit of eugenics through the 20th century and ideas about sex selection. #histbio #histsci #sts @oxmedhum.bsky.social 🗃️
Front cover of the December 1928 edition of the New York-published popular science magazine Science and Invention. Under the headline 'Can We Control Sex?' the image features a god-like man carrying a test tube reaching towards a group of young children. It's really quite creepy.
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A one-day workshop hosted by the Centre for Medical Humanities (Oxford Brookes University), exploring the history and legacy of eugenics and commemorating Daniel Kevles’ major contribution to the field. 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Prof Dan Kevles is visiting Oxford Brookes next week, hosted by Prof Marius Turda (Centre for Medical Humanities). www.confront-eugenics.org/2026/03/04/i... @torchoxford.bsky.social @oxmedhum.bsky.social @rossbrooks.co.uk
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In the Name of Eugenics: A Reappraisal (19 March 2026)
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Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Check out the Think Human 2026 Eventbrite collection now! There are 12 free events that you can attend between 15-18 April. Use this link to book your ticket today- www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-hum... #ThinkHuman #OxfordBrookes #Humanities #Festival #FreeEvents #Oxford
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Think Human @thinkhumanfest.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The Think Human Festival 2026 programme is live! Join us from 15-18 April for a fantastic line up of free events. There will be craft workshops, guided tours of Oxford, political discussion and much more. Sign up to save your place: www.eventbrite.com/cc/think-hum...
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Think Human Festival 2026
Think Human Festival 15-18 April 2026. A programme of free events demonstrating the value and relevance of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences research and teaching at Oxford Brookes University. Ever...
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 30/01/2026
My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗃️🦋
Jacket design for Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science by Ross Brooks. It features a historic, drawn image of a gynandromorph gypsy moth, with distinctive female patterning on its left side and male on its right. Against a black background, the image and text (title and author's name) are brightly rendered in a spectrum of colours resonant of the Progress Pride Flag.
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This article by Debbie Challis, Inderbir Bhullar and Marius Turda is now available to read online. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
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Public Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education Institutions
Abstract. This collective report details the authors’ engagement with the legacies of eugenics through curating exhibitions and events at higher education
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A one-day workshop hosted by the Centre for Medical Humanities (Oxford Brookes University), exploring the history and legacy of eugenics and commemorating Daniel Kevles’ major contribution to the field. 📅 Thursday 19 March 2026
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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Reflections on a Century: The Legacy of the American Eugenics Society
The American Eugenics Society (AES) marked its 100th anniversary recently, prompting reflection on its complex and controversial history. Founded in 1926, the AES aimed to promote eugenics, a movement...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The Acumen Group's @drshantella.bsky.social and Dr. Sophia Johnson-Sparks joined Oxford-Brookes professor Marius Turda to discuss the history and global reach of the American Eugenics Society on the anniversary of its founding, 100 years ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_u...
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ACUMEN TALKS - The American Eugenics Society... 100 Years Later
YouTube video by THE ACUMEN GROUP
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Marius Turda's major work on the history of #race and #racism in modern #Romania is forthcoming with @amsterdamupress.bsky.social www.aup.nl/en/book/9789...
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In Search of the Perfect Romanian
This is the English translation of In cautarea romanului perfect. Specific national, degenerare rasiala si selectie sociala in Romania moderna published in 2024 (second illustrated edition 2025). The ...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiyL... #UKDocumentary #BritishSociety #HumanRights #NomadicLife #MinoritiesInBritain #BeyondBorders
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Is this the last “acceptable” form of racism? | Beyond Borders
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New article on 'Public Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education Institutions' published in @royalsociety.org's Notes and Records! royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
A very good piece by Megan Molteni and Anil Oza, detailing the the hollowing out of NHGRI’s communication and education programs on the history of eugenics and genetics! www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/t...
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As dangerous eugenic ideas spread, NIH falls silent
Federal research agencies are pulling back from fostering public discussions about science after the hollowing out of government communications offices.
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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Check out the insightful critique on the racialization of Roma in Europe by Marius Turda and Bolagi Balogun. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Racialization of Roma as “Black” in Interwar Romania and Beyond | Slavic Review | Cambridge Core
The Racialization of Roma as “Black” in Interwar Romania and Beyond - Volume 84 Issue 3
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Explore the #legacies of #eugenics through the lens of this powerful exhibition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigO...
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“We are not alone”: Legacies of Eugenics
YouTube video by Marius Turda
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
#CfP for the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry! "The Role of the History of Eugenics within Contemporary Ethical Debates over Human Enhancement" (eds. Andrew Moeller, Jose Maria Andres Porras, and Heloise Robinson) link.springer.com/collections/...
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The Role of the History of Eugenics within Contemporary Ethical Debates over Human Enhancement
This symposium issue invites interdisciplinary contributions examining how the history of eugenics informs current ethical, legal, and social debates on human ...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Explore the #legacies of #eugenics through the lens of this powerful exhibition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigO...
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“We are not alone”: Legacies of Eugenics
YouTube video by Marius Turda
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
“What is now needed is to place eugenics within a new framework, and see it as interconnected with other paradigms within global racism, social and health inequities. We must put an end to the eugenic dehumanisation of many people of colour, of those individuals with learning disabilities and so on”
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
This piece by Saskia Baron for @communitylivingmagazine.com has lost none of its relevance! communitylivingmagazine.com/making-scien...
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Making ‘Science and The Swastika’ – Hitler’s war against disabled people
Documentary film-maker Saskia Baron looks back at the production of the Channel 4 series about the Nazi eugenics era, in which she brought to public attention the campaign of mass-killing against peop...
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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Tonight in London. wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/findin...
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Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
“Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” interview with Marius Turda “Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” An interview with Marius Turda published in @scielo.org www.scielo.br/j/hcsm/a/k8j...
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“Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” interview with Marius Turda
Abstract Despite public condemnation after the defeat of Nazism, eugenic ideas continue to...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Don't miss this important travelling exhibition which tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme! wienerholocaustlibrary.org/exhibition/t...
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Travelling exhibition - Finding Ivy: A Life Worthy of Life - The Wiener Holocaust Library
This important travelling exhibition tells the stories of disabled British-born victims of Nazi persecution in the wider context of the Nazis’ T4 ‘euthanasia’ programme. It features previous unseen do...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Upcoming talk by the historian of eugenics Marius Turda! 👉 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/findin... 🗓 Tuesday 4th November, 6.30pm, London
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Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
'The F-Word: "Feebleminded" Black Bodies under the Eugenic Gaze', a lecture by dr Shantella Y. Sherman at the University of Cluj (13 Oct. 2025). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqie...
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The F-Word: "Feebleminded" Black Bodies under the Eugenic Gaze (dr Shantella Y. Sherman)
YouTube video by Marius Turda
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Don't miss this lecture by Dána-Ain Davis! Thursday 16th October 2025, 1 pm.Seminar Room L, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford! She will speak about "Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth" More info about her book, here: nyupress.org/978147985357...
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Reproductive Injustice
Winner, 2020 Senior Book Prize, given by the Association of Feminist AnthropologyWinner, 2020 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, given by the Society for Medical ...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Podcast! In conversation with Professor Marius Turda and Dr Mark A. Brandon, author of #ThePerilsofRace-Thinking (CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine series, 2023) newbooksnetwork.com/007-series-s...
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Series Spotlight: CEU Press Studies in the History of Medicine - New Books Network
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Upcoming talk by the historian of eugenics Marius Turda! 👉 wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/findin... 🗓 Tuesday 4th November, 6.30pm, London
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Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The exhibition 'We are not Alone': Legacies of Eugenics was first displayed @wienerlibrary.bsky.social in London 4 years ago. It has since travelled to countries in Europe, South and North America. Here's a short film providing an overview of its main themes and aims. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MigO...
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“We are not alone”: Legacies of Eugenics
YouTube video by Marius Turda
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Check out this paper by @bobi24.bsky.social & #MariusTurda on #colonialism #eugenics & #race in #Central & #Eastern #Europe published by @gscjournal.bsky.social Here is the link: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/gsc/view/jou...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Marius Turda's incisive text on the #legaciesofeugenics is published by @tandfresearch.bsky.social and available on #OpenAccess. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Legacies of eugenics: confronting the past, forging a future
The anti-eugenic commemoration of the Second International Congress of Eugenics, held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York between 22 and 28 September 1921, was unprecedented in te...
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Terry-Lee Marttinen @tlmarttinen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
To learn more about eugenics in global context check out the Small Beginnings link on the Confront Eugenics platform. There are several recorded academic seminars, which can help to better understand our current political moment and issues. confront-eugenics.org?fbclid=IwZXh...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
On 13 October 2025 @drshantella.bsky.social will be the guest of #CIER and #BabeșBolyaiUniversity in #Cluj. Her talk will focus on #feeblemindedness and #eugenics among American Blacks. Event co-sponsered by @confronteugenics.bsky.social
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
www.confront-eugenics.org/2025/09/24/o...
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
wienerholocaustlibrary.org/event/findin...
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Finding Ivy exhibition talk: Disability, Dehumanisation and Extermination, with Prof Marius Turda - The Wiener Holocaust Library
Held as part of the Finding Ivy: a life worthy of life exhibition events series. In this talk Marius Turda will discuss the eugenically-driven and state-sponsored determination to eugenically ‘purify’...
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Aisling Shalvey @ashshalvey.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Unsere Datenbank ist jetzt online! Ich bin sehr glücklich ein Teil davon gewesen zu sein, und es nun mit der Welt teilen zu können
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 21/08/2025
I'm looking forward to returning to Oxford Brookes University (where I did my BA, MA, and PhD!) on 3rd October for this inspired event marking the 40th anniversary of Dan Kevles' landmark work 'In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity.' All welcome. #histsci #histbio #STS 🗃️
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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Confront-Eugenics @confronteugenics.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Check out Claire Hilton's book Petty Tyranny and Soulless Discipline published today. Read & download free at: bit.ly/43GTPI5
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Petty Tyranny and Soulless Discipline?
High expectations for a better world followed the First World War. Many changes took place aligned with ‘progress’, but in England the poorest benefited little from them. This was all too evident in t...
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