American eugenics : race, queer anatomy, and the science of nationalism / Nancy Ordover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ordover, Nancy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eugenics--United States--History--20th century.

Eugenics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Nazis may have given eugenics its negative connotations, but the practice-and the "science" that supports it-is still disturbingly alive in America. Tracing the historical roots and persistence of eugenics in the United States, Nancy Ordover explores the political and cultural climate that has endowed these campaigns with mass appeal and scientific legitimacy.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: National Hygiene: Twentieth-Century Immigration and the Eugenics Lobby; II: Queer Anatomy: One Hundred Years of Diagnosis, Dissection, and Political Strategy; III: Sterilization and Beyond: The Liberal Appeal of the Technofix; Conclusion; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9148-7

OCLC:

228143265