Breeding contempt : the history of coerced sterilization in the United States /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2008] |
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Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Summary: | Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo-science, and often as the first step leading to genocide. Less frequently it is recognized as a movement having links to theUnited States. But eugenics does have a history in this country, and Mark A. Largent tells that story by exploring one of its most disturbing aspects, the compulsory sterilization of more than 64,000 Americans. |
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Physical Description: | x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-199) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813541822 0813541824 9780813541839 0813541832 |
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