Three generations, no imbeciles
Subtitle: eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
By: Paul A. Lombardo.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780801890109
Subjects: Buck, Carrie, -- 1906-1983 -- Trials, litigation, etc; Buck, Carrie, -- 1906-1983; Sterilization (Birth control) -- Law and legislation -- Virginia; Insanity (Law) -- Virginia; Sterilization, Involuntary -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; Eugenics -- history -- United States; Eugenics -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States; History, 20th Century -- United States; Sterilization, Involuntary -- history -- United States
Other titles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
Description: Presents the facts from the infamous case of Buck v. Bell in the 1920s, which involved the Supreme Court ratification of Virginia's compulsory sterilization of "feebleminded" people, revealing how judicial powers can be used to corrupt and destroy equal protection under the law for poor, defenseless citizens.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Problem families; title: Sex and surgery; title: The pedigree factory; title: Studying sterilization; title: The Mallory case; title: Harry Laughlin's book; title: A Virginia sterilization law; title: Choosing Carrie Buck; title: Carrie Buck versus Doctor Priddy; title: Defenseless; title: On appeal; title: In the Supreme Court; title: Reaction and repercussions; title: After the Supreme Court; title: Sterilizing Germans; title: Skinner v. Oklahoma; title: Buck, at Nuremberg and after; title: Rediscovering Buck; title: Epilogue: reconsidering Buck.