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xxviii, 550 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
The US had been in the forefront of eugenics for a time, to the extent that sympathizers & proponents gained control of the IN state prison & sterilized inmates without any consent or notice, nor any controlling legislation from the IN Lege (which was nearly overrun with KKK@ the time - perhaps a partial explanation). But eugenics was strong in the NE too, the South - where families with histories of sloth, criminality, mental defectives, poverty, inconvenience (this was the '20s, remember) were also sterilized. The official eugenics orgs & organs were elated @ their success in Germany, so much so that they became concerned that the US/UK were falling behind.
& so it goes. Excellent reading, but not for the faint of heart. |
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