Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s Volume 6

by Natalie Lira

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Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the "feebleminded," justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced mutilation of some of the most vulnerable members of society from the 1920s through the 1950s. Institutional records document the convergence of ableism and racism in Pacific Colony. Analyzing a vast archive, Natalie Lira reveals how political concerns over Mexican immigration--particularly ideas about...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520355687

ISBN13:9780520355682

Release Date:November 2021

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:284 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s Volume 6

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