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Informationen zum Autor Mark A. Largent Klappentext Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo-science, and often as the first step leading to genocide. Less frequently it is recognized as a movement having links to the United States. But eugenics does have a history in this country, and Mark A. Largent tells that story by exploring one of its most disturbing aspects, the compulsory sterilization of more than 64,000 Americans. Zusammenfassung Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities! eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program! other times as a pseudo-science! and often as the first step leading to genocide. This book explores one of its most disturbing aspects! the compulsory sterilization of more than 64!000 Americans. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: In the Name of Progress 1. Nipping the Problem in the Bud 2. Eugenics and the Professionalization of American Biology 3. The Legislative Solution 4. Buck v. Bell and the First Organized Resistance to Coerced Sterilization 5. The Professions Retreat Conclusion: The New Coerced Sterilization Movement Appendix. Bibliography of Twentieth-Century American Biology Textbooks Notes Bibliography Index
