Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States by Largent, Mark
Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States by Largent, Mark

Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States

Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a...
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Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States by Largent, Mark

Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States

$644.39
Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States by Largent, Mark

Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States

$644.39
Author: Mark Largent
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo-science, and often as the first step leading to genocide. Less frequently it is recognized as a movement having links to theUnited States. But eugenics does have a history in this country, and Mark A. Largent tells that story by exploring one of its most disturbing aspects, the compulsory sterilization of more than 64,000 Americans.

The book begins in the mid-nineteenth century, when American medical doctors began advocating the sterilization of citizens they deemed degenerate. By the turn of the twentieth century, physicians, biologists, and social scientists championed the cause, and lawmakers in two-thirds of the United States enacted laws that required the sterilization of various criminals, mental health patients, epileptics, and syphilitics. The movement lasted well into the latter half of the century, and Largent shows how even today the sentiments that motivated coerced sterilization persist as certain public figures advocate compulsory birth control--such as progesterone shots for male criminals or female welfare recipients--based on the same assumptions and motivations that had brought about thousands of coerced sterilizations decades ago.

Author: Mark Largent
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 03/11/2011
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.93h x 6.05w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780813549989

About the Author
Mark A. Largent is an associate professor of science policy and the director of the Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy Specialization at Michigan State University in East Lansing. He is the editor of the Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment series published by Rutgers University Press.


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