In reckless hands : Skinner v. Oklahoma and the near triumph of American eugenics / Victoria F. Nourse.

Author/creator Nourse, Victoria F.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2008.
Description240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Prologue: an intellectual seduction -- The justice, the governor, and the dictator -- The brain trust -- Thoroughbreds -- Heat and love -- White trash -- Skinner's trial -- The Supreme Court in 1937 -- Science in a foreign mirror : 1937-1941 -- Deciding Skinner -- Epilogue : failures of modern memory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [179]-228) and index.
LCCN 2008013140
ISBN9780393065299 (hardcover)
ISBN0393065294 (hardcover)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks KF 224.S486 N68 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold