Segregation's science eugenics and society in Virginia - Dorr, Gregory Michael, 1965-; ebrary, Inc. (Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2008)
Introduction : you are your brother's keeper! -- "The sacrifice of a race" : Virginia's proto-eugenicists survey humanity -- "Rearing the human thoroughbred" : progressive era eugenics in Virginia -- "Defending the thin red line" : academics and eugenics -- "Sterilize the misfits promptly" : Virginia controls the feebleminded -- "Mongrel Virginians" : eugenics and the "race question" -- "A healthier and happier America" : persistent eugenics in Virginia -- "They saw black all over" : eugenics, massive resistance, and punitive sterilization -- Conclusion : "I never knew what they'd done with me".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Eugenics -- Virginia -- History; Eugenics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History; Virginia -- Race relations -- History; Electronic books