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The purifying knife : the troubling history of eugenics in Texas /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Phillips, Michael, 1960- (Author), Friauf, Betsy, 1955- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Eugenics > Texas > History.
Involuntary sterilization > Texas > History.
Reproductive rights > Texas > History.
Eugenics > Political aspects > Texas > History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Sex, eugenics, and a forgotten episode in Texas history
  • A brief prehistory of Texas eugenics, 1853-1874
  • Regulating reproduction in Texas, 1883-1914
  • Eugenics, disability, and anti-democratic discourse in Texas, 1890-1925
  • Eugenics, the IQ panic, and immigration, 1915-1940
  • Texas eugenics from 1931 on.