Title Eugenic nation : faults and frontiers of better breeding in modern America / Alexandra Minna Stern

Edition Second edition Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 402 pages) : illustrations Series American crossroads ; 17 American crossroads ; 17 Contents Race betterment and tropical medicine in imperial San Francisco -- Quarantine and eugenic gatekeeping on the US-Mexican border -- Instituting eugenics in California -- "I like to keep my body whole" : reconsidering eugenic sterilization in California -- California's eugenic landscapes -- Centering eugenics on the family -- Contesting hereditarianism : reassessing the 1960s Summary "With 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 that demonstrate that the story is far from over. Alexandra Minna Stern explores the unauthorized sterilization of female inmates in California state prisons and ongoing reparations for North Carolina victims of sterilization, as well as the topics of race-based intelligence tests, school segregation, the U.S. Border Patrol, tropical medicine, the environmental movement, and opposition to better breeding. Radically new and relevant, this edition draws from recently uncovered historical records to demonstrate patterns of racial bias in California's sterilization program and to recover personal experiences of reproductive injustice. Stern connects the eugenic past to the genomic present with attention to the ethical and social implications of emerging genetic technologies"--Provided by publisher Analysis 20th century politics academia academic american history american political history bioethics california asylums california history california political history california womens prisons eugenicists eugenics in the 21st century eugenics forced sterilization gender and sexuality genetic technologies historians history human rights inmate sterilization mental institutions mexican american women political history politics public health race reproductive harm reproductive justice us mexico relations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship, viewed on August 23, 2023) Subject Eugenics -- United States -- History Eugenics -- California -- History Eugenics -- history Sterilization, Involuntary -- history Vulnerable Populations Human Rights Abuses -- history History, 20th Century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. HISTORY -- United States -- General. Eugenics SUBJECT California United States Subject California United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2015018767 ISBN 9780520960657 0520960653 9780520244443 0520244443

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