Segregation's science : eugenics and society in Virginia /

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"Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation - rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, mal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dorr, Gregory Michael, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008.
Colección:Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
Temas:
Eugenics > Virginia > History.
Eugenics > Study and teaching > Social aspects > Virginia > History.
Eugenics > history
Eugénisme > Virginie > Histoire.
Eugénisme > Étude et enseignement > Aspect social > Virginie > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Race relations
Eugenics
Rassentrennung
Eugenik
Virginia > Race relations > History.
Virginia
Virginie > Relations raciales > Histoire.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation - rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black and Native American from white. Of interest to historians, educators, biologists, physicians, and social workers, this study reminds readers that science is socially constructed"--Provided by publisher.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index.
ISBN:9780813930343
0813930340
1280490527
9781280490521
9786613585752
6613585750

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