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Mark A. Largent explores the history of compulsory sterilization in the United States by examining the assumptions and motivations that led to the coerced sterilization of tens of thousands of Americans during the twentieth century.
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"Mark Largent's account of more than a century of involvement of leading Americans in coerced sterilization movements is disturbing and provocative."--Philip J. Pauly"author of Biologists and the Promise of American Life" (01/01/2099)
"A deeply researched and richly nuanced account of the methods and motives that shaped this dark chapter in American history--and that continue to haunt contemporary debates."--Leila Zenderland"author of Measuring Minds" (01/01/2099)
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"A deeply researched and richly nuanced account of the methods and motives that shaped this dark chapter in American history--and that continue to haunt contemporary debates."--Leila Zenderland"author of Measuring Minds" (01/01/2099)
Mark A. Largent is an assistant professor of science policy and directs the Science, Technology, Environment, and Public Policy Specialization at James Madison College at Michigan State University in East Lansing.
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- PublisherRutgers Univ Pr
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0813541832
- ISBN 13 9780813541839
- BindingPaperback
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