In Reckless Hands
Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics
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Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveinreckl_nou_2008_00_2186
- Internet Archiveinrecklesshandss0000nour
- ISBN-100393065294
- ISBN-139780393065299
- Goodreads3768360
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- LibraryThing5498330
- Library of Congress Control Number2008013140
- OCLC Control Number181139411
- Better World Books9780393065299
- Open LibraryOL10157339M
Classifications
- LCCKF224.S486 N68 2008
- LCCKF224.S486N68 2008
Description
In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America because it was believed that criminality and mental illness were inherited. This is the disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics.
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