Sterilized by the state : eugenics, race, and the population scare in twentieth-century North America / Randall Hansen, University of Toronto, Desmond King, Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
| Author/creator | Hansen, Randall |
| Other author | King, Desmond S. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. |
| Description | viii, 303 pages ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : coerced sterilization: outcomes, theories, methods -- The eugenicists : short portraits -- Eugenic anxieties -- Homes for the feebleminded -- The eugenicists' first throw: sterilization policy before the Second World War -- Buck v. bell and beyond -- Sterilization thwarted -- Sterilization and murder in Nazi Germany -- Revival and recovery : eugenics in new clothes -- Eugenics and world population growth -- The sterilized : voices from Alberta and Oregon -- Postwar sterilization : institutions and abuse -- Welfare, African Americans, and coerced sterilization -- Those who sterilized -- Conclusion : a century of coerced sterilization. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2013015860 |
| ISBN | 9781107032927 |
| ISBN | 110703292X |
| ISBN | 9781107659704 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1107659701 (paperback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ755.5 .U5 H36 2013 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |