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Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
Author
Title
Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / Paul A. Lombardo.
ISBN
9780801890109 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801890101 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Physical Description
xiv, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Variant and related titles
Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 08, 2008
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Problem families
Sex and surgery
The pedigree factory
Studying sterilization
The Mallory case
Laughlin's book
A Virginia sterilization law
Choosing Carrie Buck
Carrie Buck versus Dr. Priddy
Defenseless
On appeal : Buck v. Bell
In the Supreme Court
Reaction and repercussions
After the Supreme Court
Sterilizing Germans
Skinner v. Oklahoma
Buck, at Nuremberg and after
Rediscovering Buck.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Sterilization, Involuntary - legislation & jurisprudence - United States.
History, 20th Century - United States.
Sterilization, Involuntary - history - United States.
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