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Autore |
Ordover Nancy |
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Titolo |
American eugenics [[electronic resource] ] : race, queer anatomy, and the science of nationalism / / Nancy Ordover |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Eugenics - United States - History - 20th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: National Hygiene: Twentieth-Century Immigration and the Eugenics Lobby; II: Queer Anatomy: One Hundred Years of Diagnosis, Dissection, and Political Strategy; III: Sterilization and Beyond: The Liberal Appeal of the Technofix; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Nazis may have given eugenics its negative connotations, but the practice-and the "science" that supports it-is still disturbingly alive in America. Tracing the historical roots and persistence of eugenics in the United States, Nancy Ordover explores the political and cultural climate that has endowed these campaigns with mass appeal and scientific legitimacy. |
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