A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era by Paul A. Lombardo

A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era

Paul A. Lombardo

268 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative medium-paced
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In 1907, Indiana passed the world's first involuntary sterilization law based on the theory of eugenics. In time, more than 30 states and a dozen foreign countries followed suit. Although the Indiana statute was later declared unconstitutional, ot...

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