Eugenics Past and Present: Remembering Buck v. Bell
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Abstract
At the end of the nineteenth century, as Charles Darwin’s theories of evolution were making their way to all levels of society, scientists and the general public began to consider how selective breeding could improve a species’s chance of survival. The theories were applied to the human species as well. A number of selective breeding enthusiasts asked: to eliminate undesirable characteristics in humans, should some people be considered so “defective” or “inferior” that they should not be allowed to reproduce?
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Social Education, v. 65, no. 5, p. 300-306
Scholar Commons Citation
Berson, Michael J. and Cruz, Bárbara C., "Eugenics Past and Present: Remembering Buck v. Bell" (2001). Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications. 273.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tal_facpub/273
