Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America (American Cro...
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Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America (American Crossroads)
Book Details
- Author
- Alexandra Minna Stern
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- State & Local
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780520285064
- ISBN-10
- 0520285069
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ISBN: 0520285069
Author: Stern, Alexandra Minna
Condition: New
First edition, Winner of the Arthur J. Viseltear Prize, American Public Health AssociationWith an emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This expanded second edition includes shocking details demonstrating that eugenics continues to inform institutional and reproductive injustice. Alexandra Minna Stern draws on recently uncovered historical records to reveal patterns of racial bias in Californias sterilization program and documents compelling individual experiences. With the addition of radically new and relevant research, this edition connects the eugenic past to the genomic present with attention to the ethical and social implications of emerging genetic technologies.
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