02897nam 2200637Ia 450 991052796520332120200520144314.01-282-76322-997866127632290-520-93866-61-59875-583-8(CKB)1000000000030795(EBL)236962(OCoLC)475945515(SSID)ssj0000150270(PQKBManifestationID)11151007(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000150270(PQKBWorkID)10280153(PQKB)11118260(MiAaPQ)EBC236962(MiAaPQ)EBC4068983(Au-PeEL)EBL236962(CaPaEBR)ebr10084599(CaONFJC)MIL276322(EXLCZ)99100000000003079520040907d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrEugenic nation[electronic resource] faults and frontiers of better breeding in modern America /Alexandra Minna SternBerkeley University of California Pressc20051 online resource (362 p.)American crossroads ;17Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24444-3 0-520-24443-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Race Betterment and Tropical Medicine in Imperial San Francisco; 2. Quarantine and Eugenic Gatekeeping on the U.S.-Mexican Border; 3. Instituting Eugenics in California; 4. California's Eugenic Landscapes; 5. Centering Eugenics on the Family; 6. Contesting Hereditarianism: Reassessing the 1960's; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMany people assume that eugenics all but disappeared with the fall of Nazism, but as this sweeping history demonstrates, the idea of better breeding had a wide and surprising reach in the United States throughout the twentieth century. With an original emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation brings to light many little-known facts-for example, that one-third of the involuntary sterilizations in this country occurred in California between 1909 and 1979-as it explores the influence of eugenics on phenomena as varied as race-based intelligence tests, school segregation, tropicalAmerican crossroads ;17.EugenicsUnited StatesHistoryEugenicsCaliforniaHistoryElectronic books.EugenicsHistory.EugenicsHistory.363.9/2/09794Stern Alexandra924730MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910527965203321Eugenic nation2650316UNINA