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Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell /

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Main Author: Lombardo, Paul A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Buck, Carrie, > 1906-1983 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Involuntary sterilization > Law and legislation > United States.
Eugenics > Law and legislation > United States.
Involuntary sterilization > Law and legislation > Virginia.
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Table of Contents:
  • Problem families
  • Sex and surgery
  • The pedigree factory
  • Studying sterilization
  • The Mallory case
  • Laughlin's book
  • A Virginia sterilization law
  • Choosing Carrie Buck
  • Carrie Buck versus Dr. Priddy
  • Defenseless
  • On appeal : Buck v. Bell
  • In the Supreme Court
  • Reaction and repercussions
  • After the Supreme Court
  • Sterilizing Germans
  • Skinner v. Oklahoma
  • Buck, at Nuremberg and after
  • Rediscovering Buck.

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