In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics / Victoria F. Nourse.
2008
KF224.S486 N68 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics / Victoria F. Nourse.
Author
Nourse, Victoria F.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780393065299
0393065294
0393065294
Publication Details
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
Language
English
Description
240 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Call Number
KF224.S486 N68 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
344.7304/8
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-228) and index.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: an intellectual seduction
The justice, the governor, and the dictator
The brain trust
Thoroughbreds
Heat and love
White trash
Skinner's trial
The Supreme Court in 1937
Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941
Deciding Skinner
Epilogue : failures of modern memory.
The justice, the governor, and the dictator
The brain trust
Thoroughbreds
Heat and love
White trash
Skinner's trial
The Supreme Court in 1937
Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941
Deciding Skinner
Epilogue : failures of modern memory.