02257nam 22005414a 450 991078410490332120230617042823.00-8166-9148-7(CKB)1000000000346907(EBL)310609(OCoLC)228143265(SSID)ssj0000276810(PQKBManifestationID)11228649(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000276810(PQKBWorkID)10226283(PQKB)10616259(MiAaPQ)EBC310609(MdBmJHUP)muse38790(Au-PeEL)EBL310609(CaPaEBR)ebr10151173(CaONFJC)MIL522406(EXLCZ)99100000000034690720020718d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican eugenics[electronic resource] race, queer anatomy, and the science of nationalism /Nancy OrdoverMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20031 online resource (328 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-3559-5 0-8166-3558-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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.EugenicsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryEugenicsHistory363.9/2Ordover Nancy1530707MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784104903321American eugenics3775943UNINA