Cornelia James Cannon and the future American race / Maria I. Diedrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diedrich, Maria, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cannon, Cornelia James, 1876-.

Cannon, Cornelia James.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 267 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A probing analysis of the role of eugenics in the thinking of progressive reformers in the 1920s and 1930s.

Contents:

"Personified mischief": childhood and youth

"Four years of unorthodox study": the Radcliffe years

"Walter Cannon is my comfort": marriage and family

"The woman who stays behind": World War I

"Can our civilization maintain itself?": immigration, eugenics, and birth control

"Stone-age individuals": The clan betrays

"I've got a little fame myself": The Pueblo boy and Red rust

"The melting pot in action!": heirs

"Starved kittens": birth control, relief babies, and denial

"In the face of what we see": journeys and homecomings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61376-017-5

OCLC:

794700482