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Author:

Lombardo, Paul A.

Title:

Three generations, no imbeciles : eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell / Paul A. Lombardo.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xiv, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Buck, Carrie,--1906-1983--Trials, litigation, etc.
Sterilization (Birth control)--Law and legislation--Virginia.
Insanity (Law)--Virginia.
Buck, Carrie,--1906-1983.
Sterilization, Involuntary--legislation & jurisprudence--United States.
Eugenics--history--United States.
Eugenics--legislation & jurisprudence--United States.
History, 20th Century--United States.
Sterilization, Involuntary--history--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Problem families -- Sex and surgery -- The pedigree factory -- Studying sterilization -- The Mallory case -- Laughlin's book -- A Virginia sterilization law -- Choosing Carrie Buck -- Carrie Buck versus Dr. Priddy -- Defenseless -- On appeal : Buck v. Bell -- In the Supreme Court -- Reactions and repercussions -- After the Supreme Court -- Sterilizing Germans -- Skinner v. Oklahoma -- Buck, at Nuremberg and after -- Rediscovering Buck.

ISBN:

0801890101 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780801890109 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)195763255

LCCN:

2008006546

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

I6OX771 -- Mercy College Library (Des Moines)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)