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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lombardo, Paul A.
Imprint:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Description:	xiv, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Buck, Carrie, -- 1906-1983 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Buck, Carrie, -- 1906-1983. Buck, Carrie, -- 1906-1983 Sterilization (Birth control) -- Law and legislation -- Virginia. Insanity (Law) -- Virginia. Sterilization, Involuntary -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States. Eugenics -- history -- United States. Eugenics -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States. History, 20th Century -- United States. Sterilization, Involuntary -- history -- United States. Eugenics -- Law and legislation. Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation. Trials. United States. Virginia.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7361731

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Varying Form of Title:	Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell
ISBN:	9780801890109 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801890101 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

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
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
Notes
A Note on Sources
Index

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