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Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene

by Havelock Ellis

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Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Havelock Ellis. Catalog subjects include Sex; War; Eugenics. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Language
English
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B2–C1 · Deep reading

Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene is calibrated from 37,335 sampled words across 21 chapters: sentences average 28.8 words, 51.5% exceed 24 words and 11.1% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Table of contents

21 chapters

  1. 01Further Studies In The Task Of Social Hygiene2 min
  2. 02I — INTRODUCTION9 min
  3. 03II — EVOLUTION AND WAR14 min
  4. 04III — WAR AND EUGENICS18 min
  5. 05IV — MORALITY IN WARFARE12 min
  6. 06V — IS WAR DIMINISHING?13 min
  7. 07VI — WAR AND THE BIRTH-RATE14 min
  8. 08VII — WAR AND DEMOCRACY15 min
  9. 09VIII — FEMINISM AND MASCULINISM14 min
  10. 10IX — THE MENTAL DIFFERENCES OF MEN AND WOMEN18 min
  11. 11X — THE WHITE SLAVE CRUSADE16 min
  12. 12XI — THE CONQUEST OF VENEREAL DISEASE11 min
  13. 13XII — THE NATIONALISATION OF HEALTH11 min
  14. 14XIII — EUGENICS AND GENIUS27 min
  15. 15XIV — THE PRODUCTION OF ABILITY12 min
  16. 16XV — MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE8 min
  17. 17XVI — THE MEANING OF THE BIRTH-RATE8 min
  18. 18XVII — CIVILISATION AND THE BIRTH-RATE17 min
  19. 19XVIII — BIRTH CONTROL15 min
  20. 20II. THE ORIGIN AND RESULTS OF BIRTH CONTROL2 min
  21. 21III. BIRTH CONTROL IN RELATION TO MORALITY AND EUGENICS17 min
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