Declared defective Native Americans, eugenics, and the myth of Nam Hollow / Robert Jarvenpa.
| Author/creator | Jarvenpa, Robert |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018] |
| Description | xvi, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Critical studies in the history of anthropology |
| Contents | Native americans and eugenics -- Border wars and the origins of the Van Guilders -- A "new" homeland and the cradle of Guilder Hollow -- From pioneers to outcastes -- The eugenicists arrive -- Deconstructing the Nam and the hidden Native Americans -- Demonizing the marginalized poor. |
| Abstract | "In Declared Defective: Native Americans, Eugenics, and the Myth of Nam Hollow, Robert Jarvenpa offers both an intriguing history of the mixed-race Native Americans named the "Nam," who originated from western New England, and a critical reevaluation of one of the earliest eugenics family studies, The Nam : A Study in Cacogenics, written in 1912 by the leading eugenicists Arthur H. Estabrook and Charles B. Davenport" -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017044658 |
| ISBN | 9781496202000 (cloth : alk. paper) |