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Author:   Paul A. Lombardo ,  Maxwell J. Mehlman ,  Angela Logan
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780253355744

ISBN 10:   0253355745
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   06 January 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780253222695
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword: Looking Back at Eugenics / Paul A. Lombardo Preface 1. The Hoosier Connection: Compulsory Sterilization as Moral Hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson; 2. The Indiana Way of Eugenics: Sterilization Laws, 1907-1974 / Jason Lantzer; 3. From Better Babies to the Bunglers: Eugenics on Tobacco Road / Paul A. Lombardo; 4. Quality, Not Mere Quantity, Counts : Black Eugenics and the NAACP Baby Contests / Gregory Michael Dorr and Angela Logan; 5. From Legislation to Lived Experience: Eugenic Sterilization in California and Indiana, 1907-1979 / Alexandra Minna Stern; 6. Eugenics and Social Welfare in New Deal Minnesota / Molly Ladd-Taylor; 7. Re-Assessing Eugenic Sterilization: The Case of North Carolina / Johanna Schoen; 8. Protection or Control? Women's Health, Sterilization Abuse, and Relf v. Weinberger / Gregory Michael Dorr; 9. Are We Entering a Perfect Storm for a Resurgence of Eugenics? Science, Medicine and Their Social Context / Linda and Edward R.B. McCabe; 10. Modern Eugenics and the Law / Maxwell J. Mehlman List of Contributors; Index

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A most important volume and a significant contribution to the field, [the book] will serve both experts and the general public in parsing the difficult issues raised by a transformed eugenics in the 21st century. Steven Selden, University of Maryland A groundbreaking achievement in the historiography of American eugenics. Joanne Woiak, University of Washington

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