Breeding contempt : the history of coerced sterilization in the United States /
Widespread sterilization programs are most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities. Less frequently are they recognized as efforts that were undertaken by American lawmakers, scientists, and health care providers. Mark A. Largent explores the history of compulsory sterilization...
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פורמט: | ספר אלקטרוני אלקטרוני |
שפה: | English |
Language notes: | English. |
Imprint: | New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008. |
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גישה מקוונת: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
סיכום: | Widespread sterilization programs are most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities. Less frequently are they recognized as efforts that were undertaken by American lawmakers, scientists, and health care providers. Mark A. Largent explores the history of compulsory sterilization in the United States by examining the assumptions and motivations that led to the coerced sterilization of tens of thousands of Americans during the twentieth century. The book begins in the mid-nineteenth century, when American medical doctors began advocating the sterilization of citizens they de. 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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תאור פריט: | Print version record. |
תיאור פיזי: | 1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrations |
ביבליוגרפיה: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-199) and index. |
ISBN: | 0813543800 1281151424 6611151427 9780813543802 9781281151421 9786611151423 |
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