| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Carter G. Woodson Institute series |
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Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
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| Contents |
Introduction : you are your brother's keeper! -- "The sacrifice of a race" : Virginia's proto-eugenicists survey humanity -- "Rearing the human thoroughbred" : progressive era eugenics in Virginia -- "Defending the thin red line" : academics and eugenics -- "Sterilize the misfits promptly" : Virginia controls the feebleminded -- "Mongrel Virginians" : eugenics and the "race question" -- "A healthier and happier America" : persistent eugenics in Virginia -- "They saw black all over" : eugenics, massive resistance, and punitive sterilization -- Conclusion : "I never knew what they'd done with me." |
| Summary |
"Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation - rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black and Native American from white. Of interest to historians, educators, biologists, physicians, and social workers, this study reminds readers that science is socially constructed"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Eugenics -- Virginia -- History
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Eugenics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History
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Eugenics -- history
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Race relations
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Eugenics
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Rassentrennung
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Eugenik
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Virginia -- Race relations -- History
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Virginia |
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Virginia
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Virginia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008017074 |
| ISBN |
9780813930343 |
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0813930340 |
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1280490527 |
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9781280490521 |
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9786613585752 |
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6613585750 |
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