A century of eugenics in America from the Indiana experiment to the human genome era

A century of eugenics in America : from the Indiana experiment to the human genome era / edited by Paul A. Lombardo.

Other author/creator	Lombardo, Paul A.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press,
Description	xi, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Human Genome Project. Eugenics--United States --History --20th century. Eugenics--history --United States. Eugenics--legislation & jurisprudence --United States. History, 20th Century--United States. History, 21st Century--United States. Sterilization, Involuntary--history --United States. Sterilization, Involuntary--legislation & jurisprudence --United States.

Series	Bioethics and the humanities Bioethics and the humanities. ^A695239
Contents	The hoosier connection : compulsory sterilization as moral hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson -- The Indiana way of eugenics : sterilization laws, 1907-74 / Jason S. Lantzer -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2010020427
ISBN	9780253355744 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780253222695 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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