Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia

by Gregory Michael Dorr

Book Overview

Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation--rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black from white and Native American. Famously articulated by Thomas Jefferson, ideas about biological inequalities among groups evolved throughout...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813941490
• ISBN13: 9780813941493
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"