Eugenical Sterilization in the United States
Author: Harry Hamilton Laughlin
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 540
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Author: Harry Hamilton Laughlin
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 540
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harry Hamilton Laughlin
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 542
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Harry Hamilton Laughlin
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Adam Seth Cohen
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Published: 2016
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 1594204187
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of America's great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court's infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of "undesirable" citizens the law of the land New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen tells the story in Imbeciles of one of the darkest moments in the American legal tradition: the Supreme Court's decision to champion eugenic sterilization for the greater good of the country. In 1927, when the nation was caught up in eugenic fervor, the justices allowed Virginia to sterilize Carrie Buck, a perfectly normal young woman, for being an "imbecile." It is a story with many villains, from the superintendent of the Dickensian Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded who chose Carrie for sterilization to the former Missouri agriculture professor and Nazi sympathizer who was the nation's leading advocate for eugenic sterilization. But the most troubling actors of all were the eight Supreme Court justices who were in the majority - including William Howard Taft, the former president; Louis Brandeis, the legendary progressive; and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., America's most esteemed justice, who wrote the decision urging the nation to embark on a program of mass eugenic sterilization. Exposing this tremendous injustice--which led to the sterilization of 70,000 Americans--Imbeciles overturns cherished myths and reappraises heroic figures in its relentless pursuit of the truth. With the precision of a legal brief and the passion of a front-page exposé, Cohen's Imbeciles is an unquestionable triumph of American legal and social history, an ardent accusation against these acclaimed men and our own optimistic faith in progress.
Author: Harry Hamilton Laughlin
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Published: 1922
Total Pages: 542
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Paul A. Lombardo
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011-01-06
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 0253222699
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume assesses the history of eugenics in the United States and its status in the age of the Human Genome Project. The essays explore the early support of compulsory sterilization by doctors and legislators.
Author: Randall Hansen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2013-08-26
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 110703292X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shows how eugenic sterilization policies were maintained after the 1940s in the United States and Canada despite the discrediting of such theories by comparable Nazi Germany policies. It focuses on the individual experience of victims of sterilization, the doctors concerned, and the mental health institutions that protected the system.
Author: Harry Hamilton Laughlin
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 90
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonas B. Robitscher
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 168
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexandra Minna Stern
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 0520285069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"With an emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This expanded second edition includes shocking details that demonstrate that the story is far from over. Alexandra Minna Stern explores the unauthorized sterilization of female inmates in California state prisons and ongoing reparations for North Carolina victims of sterilization, as well as the topics of race-based intelligence tests, school segregation, the U.S. Border Patrol, tropical medicine, the environmental movement, and opposition to better breeding. Radically new and relevant, this edition draws from recently uncovered historical records to demonstrate patterns of racial bias in California's sterilization program and to recover personal experiences of reproductive injustice. Stern connects the eugenic past to the genomic present with attention to the ethical and social implications of emerging genetic technologies"--Provided by publisher.