Eugenic Nation : Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America /
Stern, Alexandra Minna, author.
First edition, Winner of the Arthur J. Viseltear Prize, American Public Health Association 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 demonstrating that eugenics continues to inform institutional and reproductive injustice. Alexandra Minna Stern draws on recently uncovered historical records to reveal patterns of racial bias in California's sterilization program and documents compelling individual experiences. With the addition of radically new and relevant research, this edition connects the eugenic past to the genomic present with attention to the ethical and social implications of emerging genetic technologies.
Specialized.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Specialized.
First edition, Winner of the Arthur J. Viseltear Prize, American Public Health Association 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 demonstrating that eugenics continues to inform institutional and reproductive injustice. Alexandra Minna Stern draws on recently uncovered historical records to reveal patterns of racial bias in California's sterilization program and documents compelling individual experiences. With the addition of radically new and relevant research, this edition connects the eugenic past to the genomic present with attention to the ethical and social implications of emerging genetic technologies.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Eugenics
Eugenics
Sterilization, Involuntary
Vulnerable Populations
Human Rights Abuses
Eugenics
History, 20th Century
Persons
History
History, Modern 1601-
Sterilization, Reproductive
Social Problems
Sociology
Urogenital Surgical Procedures
Humanities
Social Sciences
Surgical Procedures, Operative