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A century of eugenics in America : from the Indiana experiment to the human genome era
Indiana University Press ©2011

In 1907, Indiana passed the world's first involuntary sterilization law based on the theory of eugenics. In time, more than 30 states and a dozen foreign countries followed suit. Although the Indiana statute was later declared unconstitutional, other laws restricting immigration and regulating marriage on "eugenic" grounds were still in effect in the U.S. as late as the 1970s. A Century of Eugenics in America assesses the history of eugenics in the United States and its status in the age of the Human Geno

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Título:
A century of eugenics in America : from the Indiana experiment to the human genome era / edited by Paul A. Lombardo
Editorial:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011
Descripción física:
1 online resource (xi, 251 pages)
Mención de serie:
Bioethics and the humanities
Bibliografía:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contenido:
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
Copyright/Depósito Legal:
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ISBN:
9780253004987 ( electronic bk.)
0253004985 ( electronic bk.)
1283101734
9781283101738
9780253355744 ( cloth ; alk. paper)
0253355745 ( cloth ; alk. paper)
9780253222695 ( pbk. ; alk. paper)
0253222699 ( pbk. ; alk. paper)
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld.
Human Genome Project
Human Genome Project
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Estados Unidos
Estados Unidos
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Print version: Century of eugenics in America., Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253355744 (DLC) 2010020427 (OCoLC)526083952
Punto acceso adicional serie-Título:
Bioethics and the humanities

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