Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia

(Part of the The Carter G. Woodson Institute Series: Black Studies at Work in the World Series)

by Gregory Michael Dorr

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Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation--rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black from white and Native American. Famously articulated by Thomas Jefferson, ideas about biological inequalities among groups evolved throughout...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813941490

ISBN13:9780813941493

Release Date:March 2018

Publisher:University of Virginia Press

Length:314 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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20th Century Discrimination & Racism Education & Reference History Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Sociology State & Local

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Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia

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