Table of Contents

1 Intellectual Origins.- 2 The Development of a Eugenics Movement in Britain.- 3 The Issue of ‘Racial Degeneration’.- 4 Eugenics, Empire and Race.- 5 Attitudes to Class and Social Welfare.- 6 Eugenics and Party Politics, 1908-14.- 7 Positive Eugenics.- 8 Negative Eugenics.- 9 The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913.- 10 Conclusion.- Biographical Notes.