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Author Selden, Steven.

Title Inheriting shame : the story of eugenics and racism in America / Steven Selden ; foreword by Ashley Montagu.

Imprint New York : Teachers College Press, c1999.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  363.9209 Se48i    ---  Available
Description xvii, 177 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series Advances in contemporary educational thought series
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-167) and index.
Contents Organizing American eugenics : 1903-1921 -- Organizing American eugenics : 1922-1932 -- Popularizing eugenics -- Eugenics and the textbook -- Biological determinism and exceptional students -- Resisting American eugenics -- Human behavior and biological markers : a cautionary tale.
Subject American Eugenics Society -- History.
Eugenics -- United States -- History.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Eugenics in textbooks.
Racism in textbooks.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 0807738131 (alk. paper)
0807738123 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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