Eugenics And Education In America
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Author |
: Ann Gibson Winfield |
Publisher |
: Peter Lang |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0820481467 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780820481463 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Eugenics and Education in America by : Ann Gibson Winfield
Education in America was designed to organize, classify, and sort students according to a definition of ability and human worth provided by a racialized scientism known as eugenics - an ideology whose ultimate goal was the establishment of a superior White race. Eugenicists targeted entire ethnic groups, the urban poor, rural «White trash,» the sexually «deviant,» Blacks, Jews, Native Americans, Asians, Latino/as, and anyone who did not fit with the pseudo-scientifically established «superior» Nordic race. Education leaders, complaining of children of «worm-eaten stock,» established an enduring system to organize and sort students according to perceived societal worth. In exposing and addressing eugenics' place in our educational system, this book provides a groundbreaking addition to, and exceptional correction of, the history of curriculum in America.
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Publisher |
: People & Society |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2018-04-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1942146728 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781942146728 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of Institutional Racism in U. S. Public Schools by :
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2002 |
ISBN-10 |
: 096158419X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780961584191 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Synopsis Race and Membership in American History by :
Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement focuses on a time in the early 1900's when many people believed that some "races," classes, and individuals were superior to others. They used a new branch of scientific inquiry known as eugenics to justify their prejudices and advocate programs and policies aimed at solving the nation's problems by ridding society of "inferior racial traits."
Author |
: Nancy Ordover |
Publisher |
: U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages |
: 332 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0816635595 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780816635597 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Eugenics by : Nancy Ordover
Traces the history of eugenics ideology in the United States and its ongoing presence in contemporary life. The Nazis may have given eugenics its negative connotations, but the practice--and the "science" that supports it--is still disturbingly alive in America in anti-immigration initiatives, the quest for a "gay gene, " and theories of collective intelligence. Tracing the historical roots and persistence of eugenics in the United States, Nancy Ordover explores the political and cultural climate that has endowed these campaigns with mass appeal and scientific legitimacy. American Eugenics demonstrates how biological theories of race, gender, and sexuality are crucially linked through a concern with regulating the "unfit." These links emerge in Ordover's examination of three separate but ultimately related American eugenics campaigns: early twentieth-century anti-immigration crusades; medical models and interventions imposed on (and sometimes embraced by) lesbians, gays, transgendered people, and bisexuals; and the compulsory sterilization of poor women and women of color. Throughout, her work reveals how constructed notions of race, gender, sexuality, and nation are put to ideological uses and how "faith in science" can undermine progressive social movements, drawing liberals and conservatives alike into eugenics-based discourse and policies.
Author |
: Steven Selden |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0807738131 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780807738139 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Inheriting Shame by : Steven Selden
How could so many of America's educational, political and intellectual leaders have advocated such things as institutionalization, segregation and even sterilization of those with ""inferior blood""? How could the racist notion of selective breeding and racial betterment have become an integral part of high school and college biology textbooks? In this work Stephen Selden tells the story of the eugenics movement in America during the early decades of the 20th century. Complete with archival photographs, ""Inheriting Shame"" provides a powerful historical account and refutation of biological determinist ideas. Selden discusses the role played by America's foremost socialists and scientists, popular media, and most importantly, the school textbook, in shaping public consciousness regarding the ""truth"" of biological determinism. Much more than simply an historical overview, ""Inheriting Shame"" concludes with a trenchant analysis of contemporary research evidence of the role that inheritance plays in complex human behaviour - including traits ranging from Down Syndrome to violent behaviour and homosexuality.
Author |
: Adam Seth Cohen |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 418 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781594204180 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1594204187 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Imbeciles by : Adam Seth Cohen
One of America's great miscarriages of justice, the Supreme Court's infamous 1927 Buck v. Bell ruling made government sterilization of "undesirable" citizens the law of the land New York Times bestselling author Adam Cohen tells the story in Imbeciles of one of the darkest moments in the American legal tradition: the Supreme Court's decision to champion eugenic sterilization for the greater good of the country. In 1927, when the nation was caught up in eugenic fervor, the justices allowed Virginia to sterilize Carrie Buck, a perfectly normal young woman, for being an "imbecile." It is a story with many villains, from the superintendent of the Dickensian Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded who chose Carrie for sterilization to the former Missouri agriculture professor and Nazi sympathizer who was the nation's leading advocate for eugenic sterilization. But the most troubling actors of all were the eight Supreme Court justices who were in the majority - including William Howard Taft, the former president; Louis Brandeis, the legendary progressive; and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., America's most esteemed justice, who wrote the decision urging the nation to embark on a program of mass eugenic sterilization. Exposing this tremendous injustice--which led to the sterilization of 70,000 Americans--Imbeciles overturns cherished myths and reappraises heroic figures in its relentless pursuit of the truth. With the precision of a legal brief and the passion of a front-page exposé, Cohen's Imbeciles is an unquestionable triumph of American legal and social history, an ardent accusation against these acclaimed men and our own optimistic faith in progress.
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: American Eugenics Society. Committee on Formal Education |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 1928 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:25058398 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report of the Committee on Formal Education of the American Eugenics Society, Inc. ... by : American Eugenics Society. Committee on Formal Education
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: American Eugenics Society Committee on Formal Education |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 32 |
Release |
: 1928 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105010291826 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Report by : American Eugenics Society Committee on Formal Education
Author |
: John P. Jackson |
Publisher |
: NYU Press |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2005-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780814742716 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0814742718 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science for Segregation by : John P. Jackson
With the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education now upon us, many have begun to reflect upon how the case altered the course of civil rights and education in America.
Author |
: Julia Eklund Koza |
Publisher |
: University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages |
: 813 |
Release |
: 2021-08-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780472132607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0472132601 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis "Destined to Fail" by : Julia Eklund Koza
How eugenics became a keystone of modern educational policy