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050 00 KF224.S486 |bN68 2008
100 1  Nourse, Victoria F.
245 10 In reckless hands : |bSkinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics / |cVictoria F. Nourse.
250    First edition.
264  1 New York : |bW. W. Norton & Co., |c[2008]
264  4  |c©2008
300    240 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-228) and index.
505 0  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.
520    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.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 20 January 2012.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Skinner, Jack T., |d-1977 |vTrials, litigation, etc.
650  0 Involuntary sterilization |xLaw and legislation |zOklahoma.
650  0 Involuntary sterilization |xLaw and legislation |zUnited States.
650  0 Eugenics |zUnited States |xHistory.
655  7 Trial and arbitral proceedings. |2lcgft
994    C0 |bLHM
852 0   |bstacks |hKF224.S486 |iN68 2008