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A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America
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A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America Hardcover - 2003 - 1st Edition

by Ian Dowbiggin


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Introduction 1. Origins2. Breathrough, 1920-19403. Stalemate, 1940-19604. Riding a Great Wave, 1960-19755. Not That Simple, 1975-19906. Conclusion: The 1900's and Beyond

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How do we save civilization?

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  • Title A Merciful End: The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America
  • Author Ian Dowbiggin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Don Mills, ON, Canada
  • Date 2003-01-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780195154436 / 0195154436
  • Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.76 x 6.52 x 1.02 in (24.79 x 16.56 x 2.59 cm)
  • Reading level 1630
  • Library of Congress subjects Euthanasia - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002022458
  • Dewey Decimal Code 179.7

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Citations

  • Books & Culture, 01/01/2004, Page 30
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2002, Page 1442
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/23/2002, Page 57

About the author

Ian Dowbiggin is Professor of History at the University of Prince Edward Island.
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Oxford Univ Pr, October 2002. Hardcover. New. Canadian historian Dowbiggin succeeds admirably in setting today's debate over physician-assisted suicide and the 'right to die' in the context of major intellectual and political trends of the twentieth century. Before World War I, the idea of euthanasia attracted progressive thinkers seeking to apply Darwinian science to social problems and moral issues once considered religion's domain. Theodore Roosevelt, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Helen Keller, and feminists such as Margaret Sanger (who equated 'death control' with birth control as essential to individual liberty) were among its prominent backers. Drawing on the movement's archives, the author traces the rise of the Euthanasia Society of America with its disquieting affinity for eugenics, its post-war transformation into the Society for the Right to Die, and its modern manifestations in Jack Kevorkian, Oregon's suicide initiative, and grassroots fears that medical… Read More
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