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Facing eugenics : reproduction, sterilization, and the politics of choice / Erika Dyck.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dyck, Erika, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sterilization (Birth control)--Social aspects--Alberta--Case studies.
- Sterilization (Birth control).
- Sterilization (Birth control)--Alberta--History--20th century--Case studies.
- Reproductive rights--Canada--Case studies.
- Reproductive rights.
- Canada.
- Alberta.
- Genre:
- History.
- Case studies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Distribution:
- Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Facing Eugenics is a social history of sexual sterilization operations in twentieth-century Canada.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Vagrancy, violence, and virtue : Nora Powers
- Race, intelligence, and consent : George Pierre
- Sterilization redefined : Violet and Irene
- Vasectomy, masculinity, and hyperactivity : Ken Nelson
- From sterilization to patient activism : Doreen Ella Befus
- Appendectomy to Queen's Court settlement : Leilani Muir
- Abortion, sterilization, and the eugenics legacy : Jane Doe
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-9934-5
- 1-4426-9933-7
- OCLC:
- 870652468
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