In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics
Nourse, Victoria F., Skinner, Jack T
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.
Abstract: 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
Abstract: 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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Year:
2008
Edition:
First edition
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Language:
english
Pages:
240
ISBN 10:
0393069648
ISBN 13:
9780393069648
File:
EPUB, 412 KB
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english, 2008