Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell

by Paul A. Lombardo

Book Overview

Winner, 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award for Creative Nonfiction HistoryHonorable Mention, Nonfiction. Library of Virginia Literary Awards

"Three generations of imbeciles are enough." Few lines from Supreme Court opinions are as memorable as this declaration by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in the landmark 1927 case Buck v. Bell. The ruling allowed states to forcibly sterilize residents in order to prevent "feebleminded and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801898242
• ISBN13: 9780801898242
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher