The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of Defective Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures Since 1915 Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Black Stork: Eugenics and the Death of Defective Babies in American Medicine and Motion Pictures Since 1915 Book

The Black Stork : Hardback : Oxford University Press Inc : 9780195077315 : 0195077318 : 11 Jul 1996 : In the 1910s, Dr Haiselden allowed the deaths of six infants he diagnozed as "defectives"". His story highlights many other controversies. The book shows how efforts to improve human heredity became linked with euthanasia and shows how mass culture changed the meaning of concepts like ""heredity""."Read More

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    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Description of the historical relationship between motion pictures and eugenics in the early 1900s. Discusses the films, the depiction of eugenics issues, and the movement for euthanizing so-called defective children.

  • 0195077318
  • 9780195077315
  • Martin S. Pernick
  • 1 December 1995
  • Oxford University Press Inc, USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 295
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