Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2013. The National Book Review. We haven't found any reviews in the usual places. ", "In a thoughtful and carefully researched book, Nancy Stepan examines the political, cultural, and scientific roles of eugenics in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico from the 1910s through the 1940s.... She skillfully shows the ideological dualities resulting from eugenic practices.... An excellent addition to the literature on eugenics and the history of science in Latin America. "Race is the primary focus in Nancy Leys Stepan's fascinating account of the fortunes of eugenic ideas and policies in the racially mixed setting of Latin America.... Stepan has now made a significant contribution to an international picture of the development of race and population policies. Please try again. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Eugenic Prospect: National and Racial (Classic Reprint). The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work. Alexandra Minna Stern is Professor of American Culture, Obstetrics and Gynecology, History, and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan. In the United States, members of the Progressive movement embraced eugenic ideas, especially immigration restriction and sterilization. Paperback. Examining for the first time how eugenics was taken up by scientists and social reformers in Latin America, Nancy Leys Stepan compares the eugenics movements in Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina with the more familiar cases of Britain, the United States, and Germany. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Indiana enacted the first eugenic sterilization law in 1907, and the … The National Book Review / Contributors / July 09, 2020 REVIEW: An Irresistible Story of Murder, Stanford University, Eugenics, and Fish July 09, 2020 / … There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America (American Crossroads) Alexandra Minna Stern. I used this book for a senior thesis paper. Eugenic Nationbegins in the 1900s, when influential California eugenicists molded an extensive agenda of better breeding for the rest of the country. Refresh and try again. Black into White: Race and Nationality in Brazilian Thought, Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America (American Crossroads), The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism, Reyita: The Life of a Black Cuban Woman in the Twentieth Century, The Mismeasure of Man (Revised and Expanded), War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race, Expanded Edition.