Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States

by Mark A. Largent and Professor Mark Largent

Book Overview

Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo-science, and often as the first step leading to genocide. Less frequently it is recognized as a movement having links to theUnited States. But eugenics does have a history in this country, and Mark A. Largent tells that story by exploring one of its most disturbing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813549981
• ISBN13: 9780813549989
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"