Eugenic nation : faults and frontiers of better breeding in modern America /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stern, Alexandra Minna, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:American crossroads ; 17.
Temas:
Eugenics > United States > History.
Eugenics > California > History.
Eugenics > history
Sterilization, Involuntary > history
Vulnerable Populations
Human Rights Abuses > history
History, 20th Century
Eugénisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Eugénisme > Californie > Histoire.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Eugenics.
California
United States
California.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Race betterment and tropical medicine in imperial San Francisco
  • Quarantine and eugenic gatekeeping on the US-Mexican border
  • Instituting eugenics in California
  • "I like to keep my body whole" : reconsidering eugenic sterilization in California
  • California's eugenic landscapes
  • Centering eugenics on the family
  • Contesting hereditarianism : reassessing the 1960s.

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