Breeding contempt : the history of coerced sterilization in the United States

The Resource Breeding contempt : the history of coerced sterilization in the United States
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Breeding contempt : the history of coerced sterilization in the United States
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the history of coerced sterilization in the United States
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Mark A. Largent
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Language
eng
Summary
Widespread sterilization programs are most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities. Less frequently are they recognized as efforts that were undertaken by American lawmakers, scientists, and health care providers. Mark A. Largent explores the history of compulsory sterilization in the United States by examining the assumptions and motivations that led to the coerced sterilization of tens of thousands of Americans during the twentieth century. The book begins in the mid-nineteenth century, when American medical doctors began advocating the sterilization of citizens they de
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digitized
Cataloging source
N$T
Dewey number
363.9/7
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
HV4989
LC item number
.L275 2008eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
NLM call number
  • 2007 K-564
  • HV 4989
NLM item number
L322b 2008
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