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The orphans of Davenport : eugenics, the Great Depression, and the war over children's intelligence /

The fascinating-and eerily timely-tale of the forgotten Depression-era psychologists who overthrew long-accepted racist and classist views of childhood development. "Doomed from birth" was how psychologist Harold Skeels described two toddler girls at the Orphans' Home in Davenport, Io...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brookwood, Marilyn (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Eugenics > United States > History > 20th century.
Children of parents with mental disabilities > Intelligence levels > Iowa > Davenport > History > 20th century.
Children of parents with mental disabilities > Institutional care > Iowa > Davenport > History > 20th century.
Nature and nurture > United States > History > 20th century.
Child development > United States > History > 20th century.
Child psychology > United States > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.

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