Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement
focuses on a time in the early 1900s when many people believed that
some "races," classes, and individuals were superior to others. They
used a new branch of scientific inquiry known as eugenics to justify
their prejudices and advocate programs and policies aimed at solving
the nation's problems by ridding society of "inferior racial traits."
Table of contents
Foreword and Preface
Chapter 1: Science Fictions and Social Realities
Chapter 2: Race, Democracy, and Citizenship
Chapter 3: Evolution, "Progress", and Eugenics
Chapter 4: In an Age of "Progress"
Chapter 5: Eugenics and the Power of Testing
Chapter 6: Toward Civic Biology
Chapter 7: Eugenics, Citizenship, and Immigration
Chapter 8: The Nazi Connection
Chapter 9: Legacies and Possibilities
For Further Investigation and Index