In Reckless Hands
by Victoria Nourse
- New
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0393065294
- ISBN 13
- 9780393065299
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Denver, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New, unread, in fine condition. Fascinating and disturbing study of eugenics in America.
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The disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics.
In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America. Believing that criminality and mental illness were inherited, state legislatures passed laws calling for the sterilization of "habitual criminals" and the "feebleminded." But in 1936, inmates at Oklahoma's McAlester prison refused to cooperate; a man named Jack Skinner was the first to come to trial. A colorful and heroic cast of characters―from the inmates themselves to their devoted, self-taught lawyer―would fight the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Only after Americans learned the extent of another large-scale eugenics project―in Nazi Germany―would the inmates triumph. Combining engrossing narrative with sharp legal analysis, Victoria F. Nourse explains the consequences of this landmark decision, still vital today―and reveals the stories of these forgotten men and women who fought for human dignity and the basic right to have a family.Reviews
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- Bookseller
- Barking Dog Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9/6/20-2
- Title
- In Reckless Hands
- Author
- Victoria Nourse
- Format/Binding
- Tight
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0393065294
- ISBN 13
- 9780393065299
- Publisher
- Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- eugenics, history, black history, race, American history
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Barking Dog Books has been a small online bookstore for twenty years. It's a one-person operation, driven by my love of books. Most books are historical or literary in nature. Coming to you from Denver, Colorado.
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