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In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics / Victoria F. Nourse.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780393065299 (hardcover)
  • 0393065294 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF224.S486 N68 2008
Contents:
The justice, the governor, and the dictator -- The brain trust -- Thoroughbreds -- Heat and love -- White trash -- Skinner's trial -- The Supreme Court in 1937 -- Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941 -- Deciding Skinner.
Summary: 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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Book Book Speedway Adult Area Non-fiction 344.048 NOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 35550431037137
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-228) and index.

The justice, the governor, and the dictator -- The brain trust -- Thoroughbreds -- Heat and love -- White trash -- Skinner's trial -- The Supreme Court in 1937 -- Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941 -- Deciding Skinner.

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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