A Century of Eugenics in America From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era |
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| Editor:
| Lombardo, Paul A. |
| Contribution by:
| Mehlman, Maxwell J.
Logan, Angela
Lantzer, Jason
Stern, Alexandra M.
Dorr, Gregory
McCabe, Edward
McCabe, Linda
Schoen, Johanna
Carlson, Elof Axel
Ladd-Taylor, Molly |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-00498-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2011 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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The essays explore the early support of compulsory sterilization by doctors and legislators; the implementation of eugenic schemes in Indiana, Georgia, California, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Alabama; the legal and social challenges to sterilization; and the prospects for a eugenics movement basing its claims on modern genetic science.
The essays explore the early support of compulsory sterilization by doctors and legislators; the implementation of eugenic schemes in Indiana, Georgia, California, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Alabama; the legal and social challenges to sterilization; and the prospects for a eugenics movement basing its claims on modern genetic science.