A Century of Eugenics in America

A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era (Bioethics and the Humanities) [Kindle Edition]

Author: Paul A. Lombardo | Language: English | ISBN: B006W42M04 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era
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In 1907, Indiana passed the world's first involuntary sterilization law
based on the theory of eugenics. In time, more than 30 states and a dozen foreign
countries followed suit. Although the Indiana statute was later declared
unconstitutional, other laws restricting immigration and regulating marriage on
"eugenic" grounds were still in effect in the U.S. as late as the 1970s. A
Century of Eugenics in America assesses the history of eugenics in the United States
and its status in the age of the Human Genome Project. The essays explore the early
support of compulsory sterilization by doctors and legislators; the implementation
of eugenic schemes in Indiana, Georgia, California, Minnesota, North Carolina, and
Alabama; the legal and social challenges to sterilization; and the prospects for a
eugenics movement basing its claims on modern genetic science.

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• File Size: 2606 KB
• Print Length: 268 pages
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (January 6, 2011)
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• Language: English
• ASIN: B006W42M04
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This is an excellent series of essays on eugenics in various states in the USA. Each essay, particularly the one by Paul Lombardo, is very readable but also scholarly. It does not offer an overview of eugenics in Europe or the USA (or its birth in Galton's work), but that is not its aim. Its aim is to provide a wealth of interesting and thought-provoking detail about how this cultural movement gained traction in the USA in the early 20th century, despite the geographical and cultural differences between the states, and it accomplishes this task very well.

By Early Music Fan

I found the various articles very informative. It is unfortunate that so few people have any understanding of the implications as we move into the future.

By elizabeth a. cyr

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