David Redvaldsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1444844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Redvaldsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Redvaldsen |
| SIGNATURE | REDVALDSEN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8531-0726 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Eugenics and Natalism in France, 1912-1942: The Case of the Croix-de-Feu and Parti Social Français
This article investigates to what extent the ideology of the Croix-de-Feu and its successor the Parti Social Français was influenced by biological theories, and especially by eugenics. Like most interwar political movements and parties, they supported natalism. This could have led to additional backing for eugenics, especially as the French version was guided by puericulture or infant care. Puericulture and Lamarckism, according to which acquired…
Social Darwinism, the British Labour Party, and the First World War
This article investigates whether the doctrine of social Darwinism had any bearing on the Labour Party’s decision to support Britain’s participation in the First World War. Many socialist intellectuals were wedded to social Darwinist conceptions of the world. The Independent Labour Party (ILP) published a number of tracts on the interrelationship between Darwinism or science and politics. The article looks for evidence of biological thinking in t…
Parliamentary history in Norwegian school textbooks (1800–2000)
This article investigates how the Norwegian Parliament has been treated in history textbooks between 1800 and 2000. It also includes coverage of the medieval assemblies known as ting. Writing national history was affected by the Union with Sweden 1814-1905. In the early nineteenth century, authors often omitted parliamentary history as it had involved conflict with the Swedish king Carl Johan (reigned 1818–44). Over time, the Norwegian Constituti…
Ian Herrington, Special Operations in Norway: SOE and Resistance in World War II
Matthew Broad, Harold Wilson, Denmark and the Making of Labour European Policy, 1958–72
The Two Kingdoms: The Norwegian Seamen's Church in London 1865–1905
The Norwegian church in London began its life as a mission to Scandinavian seamen in 1868, after an evangelical society for this group had been founded in Bergen in 1864. Throughout the period covered, the former was involved in extensive cooperation with the other Nordic missions in the British capital. Yet it was always a congregation rather than just a mission and, as time went by, it became more self‐consciously Norwegian too. Evidence presen…
Christian Salm, Transnational Socialist Networks in the 1970s: European Community Development Aid and Southern Enlargement
Recent Works on the History of Eugenics
Eugenics, socialists and the labour movement in Britain, 1865-1940: Eugenics, socialists and the labour movement
This article offers a comprehensive survey of relations between the labour movement, socialists and official eugenic opinion from the late Victorian era to the Second World War. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, it discusses both how the left regarded eugenics and the attempts by the Eugenics Society to gather support from this tendency. Although some socialists wished to utilize eugenics and some eugenists were friendly to labour, it i…
Britain and Norway. Special relationships
Science must be the Basis’. Sir Oswald Mosley’s Political Parties and their Policies on Health, Science and Scientific Racism 1931–1974
This article investigates the health and science policies of the New Party, British Union of Fascists (BUF) and Union Movement, founded by Sir Oswald Mosley. Throughout his life, Mosley believed in science as a gamechanger. Health policies also mattered because the New Party and the BUF wanted a nation of ‘fit’ men and women. In reality, opportunism guided the parties in relation to these concerns. Only the BUF developed comprehensive health poli…
Eugenics, socialism and artificial insemination: The public career of Herbert Brewer
The article considers the life and work of autodidact eugenist Herbert Brewer (1897–1968). He promoted ‘eutelegenesis’ (artificial insemination for eugenic purposes) from the nineteen-thirties to the nineteen-sixties. Brewer also tried to reconcile the views of eugenists and socialists. Using his correspondence with the Eugenics Society, and published and unpublished pro-eugenics literature, the article regards Brewer as far from successful in th…
En britisk vinkling på norsk historie
Great Britain and the Norwegian constitution of 1814
By the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, Norway was detached from Denmark and was to be given to Sweden. Prince Christian Frederik, heir to the Danish throne, was the Viceroy of Norway in 1814. He refused to accept the Treaty, and decided instead to establish Norway as an independent kingdom under his rule. To legitimize his claim, he called for elections to a constitutional assembly. This assembly began on 10 April 1814. The constitution which it approved wa…
The Eugenics Society's Outreach to the Labour Movement in Britain, 1907-1945
This article argues that the Eugenics Society sought the best possible relations with the labour movement between its founding in 1907 and 1945. It examines how the Society regarded socialism, Labour, and workers. At the local and individual levels, relations were often very good. Starting in 1910 with some lectures to the Fabians and other socialist groups, by the mid-1930s the working class had become the Society's principal audience. It was we…
Britain's Second Labour Government, 1929-31: A Reappraisal. By John Shepherd, Jonathan Davis and Chris Wrigley
There is good coverage of the second Labour government in C.L. Mowat’s book on the inter-war years. General histories of the party also contain a summary of the facts. Given this, the desideratum is for some new analysis or unknown facets to be brought to light. The present book, containing 13 chapters, has been ably edited. It derives from a conference held in 2009. The choice of what is included is justified, but with completely free reins, the…
Haakon Lie, Denis Healey and the Making of an Anglo-Norwegian Special Relationship 1945–1951
Today is the Dawn’: The Labour Party and the 1929 General Election
This article treats three themes: how Labour planned and fought the 1929 election, to whom it appealed and the results. It draws upon the MacDonald Papers, National Executive Committee minutes, the Daily Herald, London News, Labour sources in book form, electoral materials and secondary sources. It discusses the party's tactics and strategy for progress, funding and influences on its campaign. Such influences included the 1927 Trade Union Act, th…
The representational base of the Norwegian Labour Party in the 1930s
The article charts the transformation of the Norwegian Labour Party, known by its acronym DNA, into a people's party. Having formed a government under Johan Nygaardsvold in 1935, in the election of 1936 the DNA reached out to almost everyone. The theme is the representation of social groups, and it is shown that the self-perceived base of the party as manifested in its propaganda and speeches went beyond blue-collar workers. In the elections of 1…
Haakon Lie, Denis Healey and the Making of an Anglo-Norwegian Special Relationship 1945–1951
The Two Kingdoms: The Norwegian Seamen's Church in London 1865–1905
The Norwegian church in London began its life as a mission to Scandinavian seamen in 1868, after an evangelical society for this group had been founded in Bergen in 1864. Throughout the period covered, the former was involved in extensive cooperation with the other Nordic missions in the British capital. Yet it was always a congregation rather than just a mission and, as time went by, it became more self‐consciously Norwegian too. Evidence presen…
Eugenics, socialists and the labour movement in Britain, 1865-1940: Eugenics, socialists and the labour movement
This article offers a comprehensive survey of relations between the labour movement, socialists and official eugenic opinion from the late Victorian era to the Second World War. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, it discusses both how the left regarded eugenics and the attempts by the Eugenics Society to gather support from this tendency. Although some socialists wished to utilize eugenics and some eugenists were friendly to labour, it i…
Today is the Dawn’: The Labour Party and the 1929 General Election
This article treats three themes: how Labour planned and fought the 1929 election, to whom it appealed and the results. It draws upon the MacDonald Papers, National Executive Committee minutes, the Daily Herald, London News, Labour sources in book form, electoral materials and secondary sources. It discusses the party's tactics and strategy for progress, funding and influences on its campaign. Such influences included the 1927 Trade Union Act, th…
The representational base of the Norwegian Labour Party in the 1930s
The article charts the transformation of the Norwegian Labour Party, known by its acronym DNA, into a people's party. Having formed a government under Johan Nygaardsvold in 1935, in the election of 1936 the DNA reached out to almost everyone. The theme is the representation of social groups, and it is shown that the self-perceived base of the party as manifested in its propaganda and speeches went beyond blue-collar workers. In the elections of 1…
Today is the Dawn’: The Labour Party and the 1929 General Election
This article treats three themes: how Labour planned and fought the 1929 election, to whom it appealed and the results. It draws upon the MacDonald Papers, National Executive Committee minutes, the Daily Herald, London News, Labour sources in book form, electoral materials and secondary sources. It discusses the party's tactics and strategy for progress, funding and influences on its campaign. Such influences included the 1927 Trade Union Act, th…
Haakon Lie, Denis Healey and the Making of an Anglo-Norwegian Special Relationship 1945–1951
The Eugenics Society's Outreach to the Labour Movement in Britain, 1907-1945
This article argues that the Eugenics Society sought the best possible relations with the labour movement between its founding in 1907 and 1945. It examines how the Society regarded socialism, Labour, and workers. At the local and individual levels, relations were often very good. Starting in 1910 with some lectures to the Fabians and other socialist groups, by the mid-1930s the working class had become the Society's principal audience. It was we…
Britain's Second Labour Government, 1929-31: A Reappraisal. By John Shepherd, Jonathan Davis and Chris Wrigley
There is good coverage of the second Labour government in C.L. Mowat’s book on the inter-war years. General histories of the party also contain a summary of the facts. Given this, the desideratum is for some new analysis or unknown facets to be brought to light. The present book, containing 13 chapters, has been ably edited. It derives from a conference held in 2009. The choice of what is included is justified, but with completely free reins, the…
En britisk vinkling på norsk historie
Great Britain and the Norwegian constitution of 1814
By the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, Norway was detached from Denmark and was to be given to Sweden. Prince Christian Frederik, heir to the Danish throne, was the Viceroy of Norway in 1814. He refused to accept the Treaty, and decided instead to establish Norway as an independent kingdom under his rule. To legitimize his claim, he called for elections to a constitutional assembly. This assembly began on 10 April 1814. The constitution which it approved wa…
Eugenics, socialism and artificial insemination: The public career of Herbert Brewer
The article considers the life and work of autodidact eugenist Herbert Brewer (1897–1968). He promoted ‘eutelegenesis’ (artificial insemination for eugenic purposes) from the nineteen-thirties to the nineteen-sixties. Brewer also tried to reconcile the views of eugenists and socialists. Using his correspondence with the Eugenics Society, and published and unpublished pro-eugenics literature, the article regards Brewer as far from successful in th…
Britain and Norway. Special relationships
Science must be the Basis’. Sir Oswald Mosley’s Political Parties and their Policies on Health, Science and Scientific Racism 1931–1974
This article investigates the health and science policies of the New Party, British Union of Fascists (BUF) and Union Movement, founded by Sir Oswald Mosley. Throughout his life, Mosley believed in science as a gamechanger. Health policies also mattered because the New Party and the BUF wanted a nation of ‘fit’ men and women. In reality, opportunism guided the parties in relation to these concerns. Only the BUF developed comprehensive health poli…
Christian Salm, Transnational Socialist Networks in the 1970s: European Community Development Aid and Southern Enlargement
Recent Works on the History of Eugenics
Eugenics, socialists and the labour movement in Britain, 1865-1940: Eugenics, socialists and the labour movement
This article offers a comprehensive survey of relations between the labour movement, socialists and official eugenic opinion from the late Victorian era to the Second World War. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, it discusses both how the left regarded eugenics and the attempts by the Eugenics Society to gather support from this tendency. Although some socialists wished to utilize eugenics and some eugenists were friendly to labour, it i…
Matthew Broad, Harold Wilson, Denmark and the Making of Labour European Policy, 1958–72
The Two Kingdoms: The Norwegian Seamen's Church in London 1865–1905
The Norwegian church in London began its life as a mission to Scandinavian seamen in 1868, after an evangelical society for this group had been founded in Bergen in 1864. Throughout the period covered, the former was involved in extensive cooperation with the other Nordic missions in the British capital. Yet it was always a congregation rather than just a mission and, as time went by, it became more self‐consciously Norwegian too. Evidence presen…
Ian Herrington, Special Operations in Norway: SOE and Resistance in World War II
Parliamentary history in Norwegian school textbooks (1800–2000)
This article investigates how the Norwegian Parliament has been treated in history textbooks between 1800 and 2000. It also includes coverage of the medieval assemblies known as ting. Writing national history was affected by the Union with Sweden 1814-1905. In the early nineteenth century, authors often omitted parliamentary history as it had involved conflict with the Swedish king Carl Johan (reigned 1818–44). Over time, the Norwegian Constituti…
Social Darwinism, the British Labour Party, and the First World War
This article investigates whether the doctrine of social Darwinism had any bearing on the Labour Party’s decision to support Britain’s participation in the First World War. Many socialist intellectuals were wedded to social Darwinist conceptions of the world. The Independent Labour Party (ILP) published a number of tracts on the interrelationship between Darwinism or science and politics. The article looks for evidence of biological thinking in t…
Eugenics and Natalism in France, 1912-1942: The Case of the Croix-de-Feu and Parti Social Français
This article investigates to what extent the ideology of the Croix-de-Feu and its successor the Parti Social Français was influenced by biological theories, and especially by eugenics. Like most interwar political movements and parties, they supported natalism. This could have led to additional backing for eugenics, especially as the French version was guided by puericulture or infant care. Puericulture and Lamarckism, according to which acquired…
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