Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement
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:
Chapter 1: Science Fictions and Social Realities
- Beyond Classification
- Race and Racism
Chapter 2: Race, Democracy, and Citizenship
- Who is Human?
- Ranking Humankind
Chapter 3: Evolution, "Progress", and Eugenics
- Race Improvement
Chapter 4: In an Age of "Progress"
- A Celebration of "Progress"
Chapter 5: Eugenics and the Power of Testing
- Targeting the Unfit
- Revising the Test
Chapter 6: Toward Civic Biology
- Eugenics, Race, and Marriage
- "Three Generations of Imbeciles"?
Chapter 7: Eugenics, Citizenship, and Immigration
- The Debate in Congress
Chapter 8: The Nazi Connection
- Under the Cover of Law
Chapter 9: Legacies and Possibilities
