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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.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bioethics and the humanitiesPublication details: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2010.Description: 251 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.9/2 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ755.5.U5 C46 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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Ebook TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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