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01913aim a2200361Ka 4500 001 740C6B76882011E9AF563E2B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190606010041 007 sd fmngnnmmned 008 190321s2019 nyunnnne h n eng d 020 $a 1508279934 020 $a 9781508279938 040 $a TOH $b eng $c TOH $d TEF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d BLACP $d TEFMT $d LX# $d SILO 100 1 $a Okrent, Daniel, $d 1948- 245 14 $a The guarded gate : $b bigotry, eugenics, and the law that kept two generations of Jews, Italians, and other European immigrants out of America / $c Daniel Okrent. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a [New York] : $b Simon & Schuster Audio, $c 2019. 300 $a 11 audio discs (840 min.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 140000 500 $a Compact discs. 511 0 $a Read by the author. 520 $a By the widely celebrated New York Times best selling author of Last Call, the powerful, definitive, and timely account of how the rise of eugenics helped America close the immigration door to 'inferiors' in the 1920s. A forgotten, dark chapter of American history with implications for the current day, it tells the story of the scientists who argued that certain nationalities were inherently inferior, providing the intellectual justification for the harshest immigration law in American history. 650 0 $a Eugenics $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Sterilization (Birth control) $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Discrimination in medical care $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Human reproduction $x History. $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Emigration and immigration law $z United States $x History. 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20190606011152.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=740C6B76882011E9AF563E2B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b LX#Initiate Another SILO Locator Search