- Variant Title
- Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Lombardo, Paul A.
- Published
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
- Locale
- Virginia
- Contents
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Problem families
Sex and surgery
The pedigree factory
Studying sterilization
The Mallory case
Laughlin's book
A Virginia sterilization law
Choosing Carrie Buck
Carrie Buck versus Dr. Priddy
Defenseless
On appeal : Buck v. Bell
In the Supreme Court
Reaction and repercussions
After the Supreme Court
Sterilizing Germans
Skinner v. Oklahoma
Buck, at Nuremberg and after
Rediscovering Buck.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Problem families -- Sex and surgery -- The pedigree factory -- Studying sterilization -- The Mallory case -- Laughlin's book -- A Virginia sterilization law -- Choosing Carrie Buck -- Carrie Buck versus Dr. Priddy -- Defenseless -- On appeal : Buck v. Bell -- In the Supreme Court -- Reaction and repercussions -- After the Supreme Court -- Sterilizing Germans -- Skinner v. Oklahoma -- Buck, at Nuremberg and after -- Rediscovering Buck.
