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Sterilization for human betterment

Object | Accession Number: 2005.575.1

SubTitle: a summary of results of 6,000 operations in California, 1909-1929
Date: publication/distribution: 1931
Geography: publication: New York (N.Y.)
Language: English
Classification: Books and Published Materials
Category: Books and pamphlets
Object Type: Books (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Physical Description: 202 p. ; 29 cm.
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Contributor: Publisher: Macmillan & Company, Limited
Author: E. S. Gosney
Topical Term: Involuntary sterilization--California.
People with mental disabilities--California.
Eugenics--California.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The book was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-05-25 13:58:43
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