Title |
Imbeciles the Supreme Court, American eugenics, and the sterilization of Carrie Buck
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Names |
Cohen, Adam.
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Book Number |
DB084223
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Author of American Pharaoh (DB 51742) and Nothing to Fear (DB 68645) chronicles the case of Carrie Buck, plaintiff in the 1927 Supreme Court decision Buck v. Bell, which condoned the use of state-sponsored forced sterilization. Profiles leaders of the eugenics movement, politicians, and Supreme Court justices involved. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2016.
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Narrator |
Woren, Dan.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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The Law & Legal Rights - LAW
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General Non-Fiction - GNF
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Commercial format - CF
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History - HST
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History, United States - HUS
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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Contains strong language.
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Contains descriptions of sex.
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LC Subject |
Eugenics - Law and legislation - United States
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Involuntary sterilization - Law and legislation - United States
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Involuntary sterilization - Law and legislation - Virginia
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Downloadable books
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Nonfiction
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Talking books
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Call Number |
344.73048 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2016
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2016 (Minuteman Talking Books, recording studio)
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Original Publication |
Reissue of: Unabridged. New York : Penguin Audio, 2016. 9780399565939
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