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Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies.

In an age of DNA profiling, cloning, and test tube babies, much of what Troy Duster first predicted about the social dangers of biomedical genetics has come true. Considered a classic since its publication on the eve of the Human Genome Project, this new edition of Backdoor to... Read Full Overview

Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies. Completely updated and revised, this work will be welcomed back into print as we struggle... Read Full Overview

A discussion of the social and political implications of genetic technologies. The author says that by using genes as a scapegoat, we are ignoring evidence for the causes of problems such as crime and mental illness and subsequently paving the way for the development of eugenics... Read Full Overview