In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics /

In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Nourse, Victoria F.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
Description:	240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Skinner, Jack T., -- d.1977 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- Oklahoma. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- United States. Eugenics -- United States -- History. Eugenics. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation. Oklahoma. United States. History. Trials, litigation, etc.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7191766

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ISBN:	9780393065299 (hardcover) 0393065294 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-228) and index.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: an intellectual seduction
The justice, the governor, and the dictator
The brain trust
Thoroughbreds
Heat and love
White trash
Skinner's trial
The Supreme Court in 1937
Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941
Deciding Skinner
Epilogue : failures of modern memory.