Segregation's science : eugenics and society in Virginia / / Gregory Michael Dorr.
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| Superior document: | Carter G. Woodson Institute series |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
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| Physical Description: | xi, 297 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : you are your brother's keeper!
- "The sacrifice of a race" : Virginia's proto-eugenicists survey humanity
- "Rearing the human thoroughbred" : progressive era eugenics in Virginia
- "Defending the thin red line" : academics and eugenics
- "Sterilize the misfits promptly" : Virginia controls the feebleminded
- "Mongrel Virginians" : eugenics and the "race question"
- "A healthier and happier America" : persistent eugenics in Virginia
- "They saw black all over" : eugenics, massive resistance, and punitive sterilization
- Conclusion : "I never knew what they'd done with me".