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In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics

By Nourse , Victoria F.; Skinner , Jack T

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-393-06964-8, 0393069648
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
412 kB (421601 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
240\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Description

In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics. Abstract: In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics

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