Eugenics and Nation in Early 20th Century Hungary

In 1900 Hungary was a regional power in Europe with imperial pretensions; by 1919 it was crippled by profound territorial, social and national transformations. This book chronicles the development of eugenic thinking in early twentieth-century Hungary, examining how eugenics was an integral part of this dynamic historical transformation.

Marius Turda is Reader in 20th Century Central and Eastern European Biomedicine at Oxford Brookes University, UK and the founding Director of the Cantemir Institute at the University of Oxford. His recent publications include Crafting Humans: From Genesis to Genetics and Beyond (2013) and Modernism and Eugenics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).

Prologue Introduction 1. A New Dawn 2. Debating Eugenics 3. At A Crossroads 4. Towards National Eugenics 5. Health Anxieties and War 6. Eugenics Triumphant 7. The Fall of the Race Conclusion Epilogue Biographical Information