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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 Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, Ind., : Indiana University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 251 p
Disciplina: 363.9/2
Soggetto topico: Eugenics - United States - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: LombardoPaul A  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-10173-4
9786613101730
0-253-00498-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910458707903321
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Serie: Bioethics and the humanities.