From a “Race of Masters” to a “Master Race”: 1948 to 1848

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From a ‘Race of Masters’ to a ‘Master Race’: 1948 to 1848
Volume #1 – The Eugenics Anthology – Standard Edition

This is the first volume in a scholarly investigation of eugenics as a transnational phenomenon.

Spanning a century of scientific, legislative, and cultural developments, this work situates the Holocaust within a broader intellectual history—one that includes Britain’s early race science, American Progressive-era sterilization campaigns, and international ideological exchanges.

Drawing on primary sources from public health, legal, and academic archives, A.E. Samaan traces the emergence of eugenic frameworks from the post-WWII Nuremberg Trials back through their institutional origins in the late 19th century.

This volume is suitable for academic and institutional collections in Holocaust studies, bioethics, modern history, and political science.