{"product_id":"9780253004987","title":"A Century of Eugenics in America: From the Indiana Experiment to the Human Genome Era","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1907, Indiana passed the world's first involuntary sterilization law\u003cbr\u003e based on the theory of eugenics. In time, more than 30 states and a dozen foreign\u003cbr\u003e countries followed suit. Although the Indiana statute was later declared\u003cbr\u003e unconstitutional, other laws restricting immigration and regulating marriage on\u003cbr\u003e \"eugenic\" grounds were still in effect in the U.S. as late as the 1970s. A\u003cbr\u003e Century of Eugenics in America assesses the history of eugenics in the United States\u003cbr\u003e and its status in the age of the Human Genome Project. The essays explore the early\u003cbr\u003e support of compulsory sterilization by doctors and legislators; the implementation\u003cbr\u003e of eugenic schemes in Indiana, Georgia, California, Minnesota, North Carolina, and\u003cbr\u003e Alabama; the legal and social challenges to sterilization; and the prospects for a\u003cbr\u003e eugenics movement basing its claims on modern genetic science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080544141552,"sku":"9780253004987","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253004987","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}