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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth), author.     Subjects     Buck, Carrie, 1906-1983 -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- United States.     Eugenics -- Law and legislation -- United States.     Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- Virginia.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth), author.       by title:      Imbeciles : the Supr...         MARC Display

Imbeciles : the Supreme Court, American eugenics, and the sterilization of Carrie Buck / Adam Cohen. by Cohen, Adam (Adam Seth), author. [New York] : Penguin Books, 2017. Subjects Buck, Carrie, 1906-1983 -- Trials, litigation, etc.   Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- United States.   Eugenics -- Law and legislation -- United States.   Involuntary sterilization -- Law and legislation -- Virginia. ISBN:  9780143109990 (paperback) Description:  402 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm Contents:  Introduction -- Carrie Buck -- Albert Priddy -- Albert Priddy -- Harry Laughlin -- Harry Laughlin -- Aubrey Strode -- Aubrey Strode -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Carrie Buck -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. Requests:  0 Summary:  "In 1927, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling so disturbing, ignorant, and cruel that it stands as one of the great injustices in American History. In Imbeciles, bestselling author Adam Cohen exposes the court's decision to allow the sterilization of a young woman, Carrie Buck, it wrongly thought to be 'feebleminded' and to champion the mass eugenic sterilization of undesirable citizens. The 8-1 ruling was signed by many revered figures in American law -- including Chief Justice William Howard Taft, a former U.S. president; and Louis Brandeis, a progressive icon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, considered by many to be the greatest Supreme Court Justice in history, wrote the majority opinion, declaring, 'Three generations of imbeciles are enough.' In this shocking story, Cohen overturns cherished myths and demolishes lauded figures in relentless pursuit of the truth. With the intellectual force of a legal brief and the passion of a front-page exposé, Imbeciles is an ardent indictment of our champions of justice and our optimistic faith in progress, as well as a triumph of American legal and social history." -- Back cover.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 334.048 Cohen Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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