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Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance

Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance

Torres, Mark A.

Paperback

Sports GeneralGeneral SociologyRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $24.99

ISBN10: 146715833X
ISBN13: 9781467158336
Publisher: History Press
Published: Jan 21 2025
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.15 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A Dark History Revealed

In the early twentieth century, eugenics was at the forefront of scientific discourse in the quest to understand human genetics. On Long Island and throughout the nation, eugenicists were granted unfettered access to conduct experiments on prisoners, psychiatric patients, Coney Island circus performers and more, all in an effort to legitimize a false science. The origins of the eugenics movement can be found within the Eugenics Record Office, an otherwise nondescript two-and-a-half-story administrative building at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, under the direction of Charles Benedict Davenport from 1910 to 1939. The work conducted there directly led to the forced sterilization of thousands of American citizens and the passage of anti-immigration laws and sparked a deadly global movement.

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