Cain, J;
(2021)
Publications produced by the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics.
The Library
, 22
(4)
pp. 523-548.
10.1093/library/22.4.523.
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Abstract
In 1907, Karl Pearson created the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics at University College, University of London. His ambitions emphasised both discipline building and the assertion of primacy for university research in eugenics over political activism. An academic entrepreneur, Pearson operated the ‘Eugenics Laboratory’ as a publishing house or imprint. It published five series. Because titles in each series were printed as ad hoc private separates for much of their duration, current bibliographic records show considerable variation and error while historical studies of the Eugenics Laboratory tend toward fragmentation. This paper presents a comprehensive inventory for each series associated with the Eugenics Laboratory, and it offers brief analysis of emerging patterns. The series inventoried are: (1) Eugenics Laboratory Lectures, (2) Eugenics Laboratory Memoirs, (3) The Treasury of Human Inheritance, (4) Questions of the Day and of the Fray, and (5) Studies in National Deterioration.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Publications produced by the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics |
| Location: | UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/library/22.4.523 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/library/22.4.523 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Bibliographical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Descriptive BibliographyCatalogues, Bibliographies, Indexes: modern20th CenturyPrinting-shop procedures |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10093861 |
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