Segregation's science eugenics and society in Virginia / Gregory Michael Dorr.

Author/creator Dorr, Gregory Michael, 1965-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoCharlottesville : University of Virginia Press,
Descriptionxi, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesCarter G. Woodson Institute series
Carter G. Woodson Institute series. ^A589088
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".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-288) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008017074
ISBN9780813927558 (alk. paper)
ISBN0813927552 (alk. paper)

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