Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States

Contents

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: In the Name of Progress 1 1 Nipping the Problem in the Bud 11 2 Eugenics and the Professionalization of American Biology 39 3 The Legislative Solution 64 4 Buck v. Bell and the First Organized Resistance to Coerced Sterilization 96 5 The Professions Retreat 116 Conclusion: The New Coerced Sterilization Movement 138 Appendix. Bibliography of Twentieth-Century American Biology Textbooks 149 Notes 157 Bibliography 181 Index 201 vii Contents Prelims.qxd 6/20/07 10:20 AM Page vii Prelims.qxd 6/20/07 10:20 AM Page viii ...