Segregation's Science
Subtitle: Eugenics and Society in Virginia
By: Gregory Michael Dorr.
Series: Carter G. Woodson Institute series
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780813927558
Subjects: Eugenics -- Virginia -- History; Eugenics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History; Virginia -- Race relations -- History
Description: "Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation - rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black and Native American from white. Of interest to historians, educators, biologists, physicians, and social workers, this study reminds readers that science is socially constructed."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : you are your brother's keeper!; title: The sacrifice of a race : Virginia's proto-eugenicists survey humanity; title: Rearing the human thoroughbred : progressive era eugenics in Virginia; title: Defending the thin red line : academics and eugenics; title: Sterilize the misfits promptly : Virginia controls the feebleminded; title: Mongrel Virginians : eugenics and the race question; title: A healthier and happier America : persistent eugenics in Virginia; title: They saw black all over : eugenics, massive resistance, and punitive sterilization; title: Conclusion : I never knew what they'd done with me.