The Eugenic Mind Project

Part science and part social movement, eugenics emerged in the late nineteenth century as a tool for human improvement. In response to perceived threats of criminality, moral degeneration, feeble-mindedness, and "the rising tide of color," eugenic laws and social policies aimed to better the human race by regulating reproductive choice through science and technology. In this book, Rob Wilson examines eugenic thought and practice - from forced sterilization to prenatal screening - drawing on his experience working with eugenics survivors. Using the social sciences' standpoint theory as a…