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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : you are your brother's keeper!
  • "The sacrifice of a race" : Virginia's proto-eugenicists survey humanity
  • "Rearing the human thoroughbred" : progressive era eugenics in Virginia
  • "Defending the thin red line" : academics and eugenics
  • "Sterilize the misfits promptly" : Virginia controls the feebleminded
  • "Mongrel Virginians" : eugenics and the "race question"
  • "A healthier and happier America" : persistent eugenics in Virginia
  • "They saw black all over" : eugenics, massive resistance, and punitive sterilization
  • Conclusion : "I never knew what they'd done with me."

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