The Eugenic Mind Project

by Robert A. Wilson

Book Overview

An examination of eugenic thinking past and present, from forced sterilization to prenatal screening, drawing on experience with those who survived eugenics.

Part science and part social movement, eugenics emerged in the late nineteenth century as a tool for human improvement. In response to perceived threats of criminality, moral degeneration, feeble-mindedness, and "the rising tide of color," eugenic laws and social policies aimed to better...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037203
• ISBN13: 9780262037204
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher