A century of eugenics in America
Subtitle: from the Indiana experiment to the human genome era
By: edited by Paul A. Lombardo
Contributors: ebrary, Inc
Series: Bioethics and the humanities
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington, Ind
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780253004987; 9780253355744; 9780253222695
Subjects: Eugenics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The Indiana origins of eugenic sterilization: The hoosier connection : compulsory sterilization as moral hygiene / Elof Axel Carlson ; The Indiana way of eugenics : sterilization laws, 1907-74 / Jason S. Lantzer; title: pt. 2. Eugenics and popular culture: From better babies to the bunglers : eugenics on tobacco road / Paul A. Lombardo ; "Quality, not mere quantity, counts" : black eugenics and the NAACP baby contests / Gregory Michael Dorr and Angela Logan; title: pt. 3. State studies of eugenic sterilization: From legislation to lived experience : eugenic sterilization in California and Indiana, 1907-79 / Alexandra Minna Stern ; Eugenics and social welfare in new deal Minnesota / Molly Ladd-Taylor ; Reassessing eugenic sterilization : the case of North Carolina / Johanna Schoen ; Protection or control? Women's health, sterilization abuse, and Relf v. Weinberger / Gregory Michael Dorr; title: pt. 4. Eugenics in the human genome era: Are we entering a "perfect storm" for a resurgence of eugenics? Science, medicine, and their social context / Linda L. McCabe and Edward R. B. McCabe; title: Modern eugenics and the law / Maxwell J. Mehlman.