A century of eugenics in America [[electronic resource] ] : from the Indiana experiment to the human genome era / / edited by Paul A. Lombardo
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| Titolo: |
A century of eugenics in America [[electronic resource] ] : from the Indiana experiment to the human genome era / / edited by Paul A. Lombardo
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 251 p |
| Disciplina: | 363.9/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Eugenics - United States - History - 20th century |
| Altri autori: |
LombardoPaul A
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. The Indiana origins of eugenic sterilization: The hoosier connection : compulsory sterilization as moral hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson ; The Indiana way of eugenics : sterilization laws, 1907-74 / Jason S. Lantzer -- pt. 2. Eugenics and popular culture: 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 -- pt. 3. State studies of eugenic sterilization: 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 -- pt. 4. Eugenics in the human genome era: 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A century of eugenics in America |
| ISBN: | 1-283-10173-4 |
| 9786613101730 | |
| 0-253-00498-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809838103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Bioethics and the humanities.