Prologue : the expert witness -- 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 -- Epilogue : reconsidering Buck.
Summary:
"The author tells the history of the eugenic sterilization case Buck v. Bell argued before the US Supreme Court in 1927. This updated edition has a new afterword that identifies how the Buck story remains relevant today"-- Provided by publisher.
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