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Sterilized by the state : eugenics, race, and the population scare in twentieth-century North America by Randall Hansen; Desmond S King is a politics available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sterilized by the state : eugenics, race, and the population scare in twentieth-century North America about?
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of eugenics in North America focused on the second half of the twentieth century. Based on new research, Randall Hansen and Desmond King show why eugenic sterilization policies persisted after the 1940s in the United States and Canada. Through extensive archival research, King and Hansen show how both superintendents at homes for the "feebleminded" and pro-sterilization advocates repositioned themselves after 1945 to avoid the taint of Nazi eugenics.
Who reads Sterilized by the state : eugenics, race, and the population scare in twentieth-century North America?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Randall Hansen; Desmond S King
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781107659704
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Gender Studies, Sociology, Political Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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