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In Reckless Hands: Skinner V. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics Hardcover - 2008
by Victoria F. Nourse
In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics. 11 photographs.
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- Title In Reckless Hands: Skinner V. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics
- Author Victoria F. Nourse
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1St Edition
- Pages 250
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 2008-07-01
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780393065299 / 0393065294
- Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9.25 x 6.36 x 0.95 in (23.50 x 16.15 x 2.41 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1920's
- Chronological Period: 1930's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Eugenics - United States - History, Skinner, Jack T.
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008013140
- Dewey Decimal Code 344.730
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 07/01/2008, Page 21
- Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2009, Page 7
- Commonweal, 04/10/2009, Page 25
- Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2008, Page 58
- Publishers Weekly, 05/26/2008, Page 52
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