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Inheriting shame : the story of eugenics and racism in America
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- Creator
- Steven Selden ; foreword by Ashley Montagu
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Teachers College Press, [1999]
- ©1999
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0807738131, 9780807738139, 0807738123, 9780807738122
- OCLC
- ocm40193554
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index.
- Organizing American eugenics: 1903-1921 -- Organizing American eugenics: 1922-1932 -- Popularizing eugenics -- Eugenics and the textbook -- Biological determinism and exceptional students -- Resisting American eugenics -- Human behavior and biological markers: a cautionary tale
Subjects
- American Eugenics Society -- History.
- Eugenics -- United States -- History.
- Racism -- United States -- History.
- Eugenics in textbooks.
- Racism in textbooks.
- Eugenics -- history -- United States.
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- Prejudice -- United States.
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- Genetics, Behavioral -- history -- United States.
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- Public Opinion -- United States.
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- United States -- Race relations.