Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / Paul A. Lombardo.
Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / Paul A. Lombardo.
Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / Paul A. Lombardo.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
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N344.73048/3
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: The Expert Witness -- 1. Problem Families -- 2. Sex and Surgery -- 3. The Pedigree Factory -- 4. Studying Sterilization -- 5. The Mallory Case -- 6. Laughlin's Book -- 7. A Virginia Sterilization Law -- 8. Choosing Carrie Buck -- 9. Carrie Buck versus Dr. Priddy -- 10. Defenseless -- 11. O...
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2008.
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- Sterilization, Involuntary--legislation & jurisprudence--United States
- Eugenics--history--United States
- Eugenics--legislation & jurisprudence--United States
- History, 20th Century--United States
- Sterilization, Involuntary--history--United States
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""Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Few lines from Supreme Court opinions are as memorable as this declaration by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in the landmark 1927 case Buck v. Bell. The ruling allowed states to forcibly sterilize residents in order to prevent "feebleminded and socially inadequate" people from having children. It is...
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Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / Paul A. Lombardo.
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Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N344.73048/3
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74VM4qxlDr4Z
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0801890101 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801890109 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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344.73048
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991001342519702626
