Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: In the Name of Progress 1
5. 1. Nipping the Problem in the Bud 11
6. 2. Eugenics and the Professionalization of American Biology 39
7. 3. The Legislative Solution 64
8. 4. Buck v. Bell and the First Organized Resistance to Coerced Sterilization 96
9. 5. The Professions Retreat 116
10. Conclusion: The New Coerced Sterilization Movement 138
11. Appendix. Bibliography of Twentieth-Century American Biology Textbooks 149
12. Notes 157
13. Bibliography 181
14. Index 201
15. About the Author 215