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Segregation's science : eugenics and society in Virginia /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorr, Gregory Michael, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008.
Series:Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
Subjects:
Eugenics > Virginia > History.
Eugenics > Study and teaching > Social aspects > Virginia > History.
Virginia > Race relations > History.
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".