An image of God : the Catholic struggle with eugenics /

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Author / Creator:	Leon, Sharon Mara.
Imprint:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Catholic Church. Sterilization (Birth control) -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Eugenics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Religion and science -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Eugenics. Eugenics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Religion and science. Sterilization (Birth control) -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. United States. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188045

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ISBN:	9780226039039 022603903X 1299560997 9781299560994 9780226038988 022603898X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	During the first half of the twentieth century, supporters of the eugenics movement offered an image of a racially transformed America by curtailing the reproduction of "unfit" members of society. Through institutionalization, compulsory sterilization, the restriction of immigration and marriages, and other methods, eugenicists promised to improve the population-a policy agenda that was embraced by many leading intellectuals and public figures. But Catholic activists and thinkers across the United States opposed many of these measures, asserting that "every man, even a lunatic, is.
Other form:	Print version: Leon, Sharon Mara. Image of God. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013 9780226038988
Standard no.:	10.7208/9780226039039

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