Alexandra Minna Stern

Eugenic Nation (eBook, ePUB)

Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First edition, Winner of the Arthur J. Viseltear Prize, American Public Health Association With an emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation explores the long and unsettled history of eugenics in the United States. This expanded second edition includes shocking details demonstrating that eugenics continues to inform institutional and reproductive injustice. Alexandra Minna Stern draws on recently uncovered historical records to reveal patterns of racial bias in California's sterilization program and documents compelling individual experiences. With the addition of radically new and relevant research, this edition connects the eugenic past to the genomic present with attention to the ethical and social implications of emerging genetic technologies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780520960657
• Artikelnr.: 44222122

Autorenporträt

Alexandra Minna Stern is Professor of American Culture, Obstetrics and Gynecology, History, and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan.