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A Century of Eugenics in America
From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era
Taschenbuch von Paul A. Lombardo
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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edited by Paul A. Lombardo, with contributions by Maxwell J. Mehlman, Angela Logan, Jason Lantzer, Alexandra M. Stern, Gregory Dorr, Edward McCabe, Linda McCabe, Johanna Schoen, Elof Axel Carlson
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: Looking Back at Eugenics / Paul A. Lombardo

Part 1. The Indiana Origins of Eugenic Sterilization

1. The Hoosier Connection: Compulsory Sterilization as Moral Hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson

2. The Indiana Way of Eugenics: Sterilization Laws, 1907-74 / Jason S. Lantzer

Part 2. Eugenics and Popular Culture

3. From Better Babies to the Bunglers: Eugenics on Tobacco Road / Paul A. Lombardo

4. "Quality, Not Mere Quantity, Counts": Black Eugenics and the NAACP Baby Contests / Gregory Michael Dorr and Angela Logan

Part 3. State Studies of Eugenic Sterilization

5. From Legislation to Lived Experience: Eugenic Sterilization in California and Indiana, 1907-79 / Alexandra Minna Stern

6. Eugenics and Social Welfare in New Deal Minnesota / Molly Ladd-Taylor

7. Reassessing Eugenic Sterilization: The Case of North Carolina / Johanna Schoen

8. Protection or Control? Women's Health, Sterilization Abuse, and Relf v. Weinberger / Gregory Michael Dorr

Part 4. Eugenics in the Human Genome Era

9. 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

10. Modern Eugenics and the Law / Maxwell J. Mehlman

List of Contributors

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Allgemeine Lexika
Genre: Importe, Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780253222695
ISBN-10: 0253222699
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Paul A. Lombardo
Maxwell J. Mehlman
Angela Logan
Jason Lantzer
Alexandra M. Stern
Redaktion: Lombardo, Paul A.
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Paul A. Lombardo
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2010
Gewicht: 0,417 kg
Artikel-ID: 131310275
Über den Autor
edited by Paul A. Lombardo, with contributions by Maxwell J. Mehlman, Angela Logan, Jason Lantzer, Alexandra M. Stern, Gregory Dorr, Edward McCabe, Linda McCabe, Johanna Schoen, Elof Axel Carlson
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction: Looking Back at Eugenics / Paul A. Lombardo

Part 1. The Indiana Origins of Eugenic Sterilization

1. The Hoosier Connection: Compulsory Sterilization as Moral Hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson

2. The Indiana Way of Eugenics: Sterilization Laws, 1907-74 / Jason S. Lantzer

Part 2. Eugenics and Popular Culture

3. From Better Babies to the Bunglers: Eugenics on Tobacco Road / Paul A. Lombardo

4. "Quality, Not Mere Quantity, Counts": Black Eugenics and the NAACP Baby Contests / Gregory Michael Dorr and Angela Logan

Part 3. State Studies of Eugenic Sterilization

5. From Legislation to Lived Experience: Eugenic Sterilization in California and Indiana, 1907-79 / Alexandra Minna Stern

6. Eugenics and Social Welfare in New Deal Minnesota / Molly Ladd-Taylor

7. Reassessing Eugenic Sterilization: The Case of North Carolina / Johanna Schoen

8. Protection or Control? Women's Health, Sterilization Abuse, and Relf v. Weinberger / Gregory Michael Dorr

Part 4. Eugenics in the Human Genome Era

9. 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

10. Modern Eugenics and the Law / Maxwell J. Mehlman

List of Contributors

Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Fachbereich: Allgemeine Lexika
Genre: Importe, Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780253222695
ISBN-10: 0253222699
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Paul A. Lombardo
Maxwell J. Mehlman
Angela Logan
Jason Lantzer
Alexandra M. Stern
Redaktion: Lombardo, Paul A.
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Paul A. Lombardo
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2010
Gewicht: 0,417 kg
Artikel-ID: 131310275
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