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Inventing America's Worst Family: Eugenics, Islam, and the Fall and Rise of the Tribe of Ishmael Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition

by Nathaniel Deutsch


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"Inventing America's Worst Family is an important, refreshing, and interesting work. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of this account is its placement at the center of a larger narrative about America's obsession with Orientalism. The story emerges gracefully and compellingly; Deutsch clearly presents new material and has gone to great efforts to track what actually became of the Ishmael group, and its origins."--Wendy Kline, author of Building a Better Race: Gender, Sexuality, and Eugenics from the Turn of the Century to the Baby Boom

"This is one of the most intriguing, imaginative works of history I've read in quite some time. Inventing America's Worst Family advances historical scholarship on poverty and eugenics in compelling ways, with its deep analysis of institutional realities and cultural trends. Deutsch combines a terrific story with his own impressive narrative talent; the book is ingeniously conceived, brilliantly researched, and beautifully told!"--J. Terry Todd, Drew University

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  • Title Inventing America's Worst Family: Eugenics, Islam, and the Fall and Rise of the Tribe of Ishmael
  • Author Nathaniel Deutsch
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 282
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley:
  • Date 2009-01-05
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520255241 / 0520255240
  • Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.94 x 6 x 0.69 in (22.71 x 15.24 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Eugenics - United States - History, Marginality, Social - United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008017181
  • Dewey Decimal Code 363.92

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Citations

  • Choice, 01/01/2010, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 05/01/2009, Page 20

About the author

Nathaniel Deutsch, Professor of Literature and History at the University
of California, Santa Cruz, is author of The Maiden of Ludmir: A Jewish Holy Woman and Her World (UC Press), among other books.
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