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Edward J. Larson |
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History |
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New England Journal of Medicine: "Physicians and historians will be richly rewarded by reading Larson's account of [the South's] eugenic practices and his admirable abstention from bootless moralizing...Larson's work evokes powerful memories of the physical violation of many thousands of Americans...Contemporary medical genetics in most nations has purged itself of all vestiges of eugenics but the memory. Nonetheless, Larson's book and others remind us that the legacy remains." |
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (September 30, 1996)
Measurements: 9.25"(h) x 6.25"(w) x 0.5"(d), 0.9 lbs.
ISBN: 9780801855115 |
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In the first book to explore the theory and practice of eugenics in the American South, Edward J. Larson shows how the quest for "strong bloodlines" expressed itself in state laws and public policies from the Progressive Era through World War II. Larson shows how the seemingly broad-based eugenics movement was in fact a series of distinct campaigns by small groups of determined individuals for legislation at the state level. "Physicians and historians will be richly rewarded by reading Larson's account of [the South's] eugenic practices and his admirable abstention from bootless moralizing... Larson's work evokes powerful memories of the physical violation of many thousands of Americans... Contemporary medical genetics in most nations has purged itself of all vestiges of eugenics but the memory. Nonetheless, Larson's book and others remind us that the legacy remains."--John C. Fletcher, New England Journal of Medicine "Analyzing eugenic reforms in the context of state policies, Larson's detailed and inter |
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