Defectives in the Land: Disability and Immigration in the Age of Eugenics
Douglas C. Baynton examines how disability and immigration became intertwined during the age of eugenics. Focusing on the historical relationship between ideas of human difference, national belonging, and public policy, this study reveals how assumptions about disability shaped debates over who could enter and belong in society.
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Defectives in the Land examines the relationship between disability and immigration during the age of eugenics.
Douglas C. Baynton explores how ideas about disability and human difference influenced debates over immigration and national belonging.
The book places these debates within their broader historical and social context.
It offers a focused study of the connections among eugenics, public policy, and changing definitions of who was considered fit to enter and belong in a society.
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