| Description |
xi, 251 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Bioethics and the humanities |
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Bioethics and the humanities.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The hoosier connection : compulsory sterilization as moral hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson -- The Indiana way of eugenics : sterilization laws, 1907-74 / Jason S. Lantzer -- From better babies to the bunglers : eugenics on tobacco road / Paul A. Lombardo -- "Quality, not mere quantity, counts" : black eugenics and the NAACP baby contests / Gregory Michael Dorr and Angela Logan -- From legislation to lived experience : eugenic sterilization in California and Indiana, 1907-79 / Alexandra Minna Stern -- Eugenics and social welfare in new deal Minnesota / Molly Ladd-Taylor -- Reassessing eugenic sterilization : the case of North Carolina / Johanna Schoen -- Protection or control? Women's health, sterilization abuse, and Relf v. Weinberger / Gregory Michael Dorr -- Are we entering a "perfect storm" for a resurgence of eugenics? Science, medicine, and their social context / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R. B. McCabe -- Modern eugenics and the law / Maxwell J. Mehlman. |
| Subject |
Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Human Genome Project. |
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Eugenics -- history -- United States. |
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Eugenics -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States. |
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History, 20th Century -- United States. |
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History, 21st Century -- United States. |
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Sterilization, Involuntary -- history -- United States. |
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Sterilization, Involuntary -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States. |
| Added Author |
Lombardo, Paul A.
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| ISBN |
9780253355744 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0253355745 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780253222695 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0253222699 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40018842850 |
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