Overview
- Summary
- In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : W. W. Norton & Co., [2008]
©2008 - Locale
- Oklahoma
United States - Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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The justice, the governor, and the dictator
The brain trust
Thoroughbreds
Heat and love
White trash
Skinner's trial
The Supreme Court in 1937
Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941
Deciding Skinner. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-228) and index.
The justice, the governor, and the dictator -- The brain trust -- Thoroughbreds -- Heat and love -- White trash -- Skinner's trial -- The Supreme Court in 1937 -- Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941 -- Deciding Skinner.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780393065299
0393065294 - Physical Description
- 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
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- 2024-06-21 18:35:00
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