Dorr, Gregory Michael, 1965-
Segregation's science eugenics and society in Virginia / [electronic resource] : Gregory Michael Dorr. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008. - xi, 297 p. : ill. - Carter G. Woodson Institute series . - Carter G. Woodson Institute series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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".
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Eugenics--History.--Virginia
Eugenics--Study and teaching--Social aspects--History.--Virginia
Virginia--Race relations--History.
Electronic books.
HQ755.5.U5 / D67 2008eb
363.9/209755
Segregation's science eugenics and society in Virginia / [electronic resource] : Gregory Michael Dorr. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008. - xi, 297 p. : ill. - Carter G. Woodson Institute series . - Carter G. Woodson Institute series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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".
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Eugenics--History.--Virginia
Eugenics--Study and teaching--Social aspects--History.--Virginia
Virginia--Race relations--History.
Electronic books.
HQ755.5.U5 / D67 2008eb
363.9/209755