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Imperfect Conceptions: Medicine Knowledge, Birth Defects and Eugenics in China

by Frank Dikotter
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Synopsis

Since Deng Xiaoping's Accession To Power In 1978, Human Genetics Has Come To Occupy Centre Stage In China, As A Growing Number Of Socially Undesirable Traits Are Attributed To So-called Bad Genes, Which The State Seeks To Regulate. Frank Dikötter. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 187-217) And Index.

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Book Details

Published
November 16, 1998
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Pages
236
ISBN
9781850653318

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