Breeding contempt : the history of coerced sterilization in the United States / Mark A. Largent.

New Brunswick, N.J. ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2008], ©2008.

x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-199) and index.

Introduction : in the name of progress -- 1. Nipping the problem in the bud -- 2. Eugenics and the professionalization of American biology -- 3. The legislative solution -- 4. Buck v. Bell and the first organized resistance to coerced sterilization -- 5. The professions retreat -- Conclusion : the new coerced sterilization movement -- Appendix. Bibliography of twentieth-century American biology textbooks.