Struggle For National Survival

Taylor & Francis

This dissertation is a historical investigation of the relationship between science and society through the comparative study of eugenics movements as they developed in both Japan and China from the 1890's to the 1940's. > List of Tables Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction A. Eugenics: A Global Interest B. Eugenics: Local Signification Concluding Remarks Chapter 2. Eugenics and Scientific Disciplines The American Connection and Nazi Connection Transplantation: Medicine and Biology Local Science and Competition Strategy Eugenics and Disciplining Learning Concluding Remarks Chapter 3. Lamarckism versus Mendelism: The Politics of Bodyb and Heredity Symptoms: National Character and the Eugenicists' Presentation Diagnosis and Remedies: Eugenic Proposals, Lamarckian or Mendelian? A. China B. Japan Concluding Remarks Chapter 4. Birth Control or Sex Control?: Eugenics and Reproduction Sexuality versus Morality: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in China and Japan Politicx