Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
Adam Cohen • Penguin Press • ISBN-13 978‑1594204180
Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck
ISBN-10: 1594204187 · ISBN-13: 978‑1594204180 · 2016
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Adam Cohen provides a harrowing examination of the 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, which upheld a Virginia statute authorizing the forced sterilization of individuals deemed 'feeble-minded.' Through meticulous research, the book chronicles the legal and social machinery that enabled the American eugenics movement to flourish under the guise of judicial legitimacy.
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