Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell /

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Author / Creator:	Lombardo, Paul A., author.
Edition:	Updated edition.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2022] ©2022
Description:	xvi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Buck, Carrie, -- 1906-1983 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Buck, Carrie, -- 1906-1983. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- United States. Eugenics -- Law and legislation -- United States. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- Virginia. Eugenics -- Law and legislation. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation. United States. Virginia. Trials, litigation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12716714

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Varying Form of Title:	Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
ISBN:	9781421443188 142144318X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-389) and index.
Summary:	"The author tells the history of the eugenic sterilization case Buck v. Bell argued before the US Supreme Court in 1927. This updated edition has a new afterword that identifies how the Buck story remains relevant today"--

Table of Contents:

Preface to Updated Edition
Introduction
Prologue: The Expert Witness
1. Problem Families
2. Sex and Surgery
3. The Pedigree Factory
4. Studying Sterilization
5. The Mallory Case
6. Laughlin's Book
7. A Virginia Sterilization Law
8. Choosing Carrie Buck
9. Carrie Buck versus Dr. Priddy
10. Defenseless
11. On Appeal: Buck v. Bell
12. In the Supreme Court
13. Reactions and Repercussions
14. After the Supreme Court
15. Sterilizing Germans
16. Skinner v. Oklahoma
17. Buck, at Nuremberg and After
18. Rediscovering Buck
Epilogue: Reconsidering Buck
Afterword: Looking Back at Buck
Acknowledgments
Appendix A. The Supreme Court Opinion in Buck v. Bell, by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Appendix B. Virginia Eugenical Sterilization Act, 1924
Appendix C. Laws and Sterilizations by State
Appendix D. Carrie Buck's Letters
Notes
A Note on Sources
Index

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