Our Own Master Race: Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945

By Angus McLaren

Book Overview

In this landmark book Angus McLaren, co-author of The Bedroom and the State, examines the pervasiveness in Canada of the eugenic notion of "race betterment" and demonstrates that many Canadians believed that radical measures were justified to protect the community from the "degenerate."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442659645
• ISBN13: 9781442659643
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher