Dorr, Gregory Michael. <br/><br/>
Segregation's Science :  Eugenics and Society in Virginia. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (314 pages) 
 - Carter G. Woodson Institute Series .
 - Carter G. Woodson Institute Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: "You Are Your Brother's Keeper! -- 1 "The Sacrifice of a Race": Virginia's Proto-eugenicists Survey Humanity -- 2 "Rearing the Human Thoroughbred": Progressive Era Eugenics in Virginia -- 3 "Defending the Thin Red Line": Academics and Eugenics -- 4 "Sterilize the Misfits Promptly": Virginia Controls the Feebleminded -- 5 "Mongrel Virginians": Eugenics and the "Race Question -- 6 "A Healthier and Happier America": Persistent Eugenics in Virginia -- 7 "They Saw Black All Over": Eugenics, Massive Resistance, and Punitive Sterilization -- CONCLUSION: "I Never Knew What They'd Done with Me -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 
<br/><br/> Of interest to historians, educators, biologists, physicians, and social workers, this study reminds readers that science is socially constructed; the syllogism "Science is objective; objective things are moral; therefore science is moralremains as potentially dangerous and misleading today as it was in the past. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813930343 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Eugenics -- Virginia -- History.<br/>Eugenics -- Study and teaching -- Social aspects -- Virginia -- History.<br/>Virginia -- Race relations -- History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ755.5.U5 -- D67 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.9/209755