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An image of God : the Catholic struggle with eugenics / Sharon M. Leon.
LIBRA HQ755.3 .L46 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leon, Sharon Mara.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church.
- Sterilization (Birth control)--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
- Sterilization (Birth control).
- Catholic Church--United States--History--20th century.
- Eugenics--United States--History--20th century.
- Eugenics.
- Eugenics--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Religion and science--United States--History--20th century.
- Religion and science.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 226 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
- Contents:
- An image of God, not a mere animal: an introduction
- For the welfare of the race: the early clash over reproduction and community
- Cooperative clergy?: Catholics in the American Eugenics Society
- Practical means: Catholic strategies for protesting sterilization statutes
- Supreme authorities: Catholicism and eugenics beyond the borders
- The greatest obstacle: the growth of a confident opposition
- A great, popular, noncontroversial, and effective movement: struggling with the "New Eugenics."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226038988
- 022603898X
- OCLC:
- 813690880
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