Once defined as “the science of human improvement through better breeding,” eugenics has
roared back into the headlines in recent weeks as both Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll. The close …

Eugenics is largely remembered for coming into disrepute in the post-War period following
the Nazi regime and the Holocaust. However, 21st-century scholarship has begun to assess …

Once defined as “the science of human improvement through better breeding,” eugenics has
roared back into the headlines in recent weeks as both Mr. Hyde and Dr. Jekyll. The close …

Eugenics is largely remembered for coming into disrepute in the post-War period following
the Nazi regime and the Holocaust. However, 21st-century scholarship has begun to assess …

" With an emphasis on the American West, Eugenic Nation explores the long and unsettled
history of eugenics in the United States. This expanded second edition includes shocking …

Coerced sterilizations in US women's prisons have been banned for nearly 40 years.
However, these unethical practices have continued in some facilities, sometimes shielded …

Voices haunt the pages of every book. This particular book, however, speaks for the never-
born, for those whose questions have never been heard-for those who never existed …

How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years?
Control is a book about eugenics, what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of …

Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes
described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo …

Abstract Following World War II, eugenics became associated with Nazis abuses, leading
many States to end their eugenics programs. North Carolina was a rare exception to this …