American Eugenics

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Traces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life. The Nazis may have given eugenics its negative conno

Imbeciles

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One of America's great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court's infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of "undesirable" citizens th

A Century of Eugenics in America

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This volume assesses the history of eugenics in the United States and its status in the age of the Human Genome Project. The essays explore the early support of

Preaching Eugenics

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With our success in mapping the human genome, the possibility of altering our genetic futures has given rise to difficult ethical questions. Although opponents

Race and Membership in American History

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Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement focuses on a time in the early 1900's when many people believed that some "races," classes, and i