In reckless hands
Subtitle: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics
By: Victoria F. Nourse.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780393065299
Subjects: Skinner, Jack T., -- d.1977 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- Oklahoma; Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- United States; Eugenics -- United States -- History
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: an intellectual seduction; title: The justice, the governor, and the dictator; title: The brain trust; title: Thoroughbreds; title: Heat and love; title: White trash; title: Skinner's trial; title: The Supreme Court in 1937; title: Science in a foreign mirror : 1937/1941; title: Deciding Skinner; title: Epilogue : failures of modern memory.