Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
Contents:
An image of God, not a mere animal: an introduction -- For the welfare of the race: the early clash over reproduction and community -- Cooperative clergy?: Catholics in the American Eugenics Society -- Practical means: Catholic strategies for protesting sterilization statutes -- Supreme authorities: Catholicism and eugenics beyond the borders -- The greatest obstacle: the growth of a confident opposition -- A great, popular, noncontroversial, and effective movement: struggling with the "New Eugenics."
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