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Declared defective : Native Americans, eugenics, and the myth of Nam Hollow /

Declared Defective is the anthropological history of an outcaste community and a critical reevaluation of The Nam Family, written in 1912 by Arthur Estabrook and Charles Davenport, leaders of the early twentieth-century eugenics movement. Based on their investigations of an obscure rural enclave in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarvenpa, Robert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
Colección:Critical studies in the history of anthropology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Series Editors' Introduction; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Native Americans and Eugenics; 2. Border Wars and the Origins of the Van Guilders; 3. A "New" Homeland and the Cradle of Guilder Hollow; 4. From Pioneers to Outcastes; 5. The Eugenicists Arrive; 6. Deconstructing the Nam and the Hidden Native Americans; 7. Demonizing the Marginalized Poor; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.