Eugenics and the nature-nurture debate in the twentieth century / Aaron Gillette.

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

viii, 224 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.

The rebirth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- Foundations for a "new" synthesis -- Recent studies on human sexuality -- The birth of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- The animal nature of humans -- Earlier studies on human sexuality -- Evolution, ethics, and culture -- The death of sociobiology and evolutionary psychology -- The rise of environmental behaviorism -- Evolutionary psychology under attack -- The death of evolutionary psychology -- Lost in the wilderness -- Conclusion.