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The Kallikak Family

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Publication Year: 2008 Author: Henry Herbert Goddard Format: Trade Paperback Book Title: Kallikak Family Topic: People with Disabilities, Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Psychopathology / General Language: English Item Height: 0.3 in Item Length: 9 in ISBN: 9781440434501 Publisher: CreateSpace width: 6 in Number of Pages: 116 Pages height: 0.3 in Item Width: 6 in Genre: Social Science, Science, Psychology Item Weight: 8.2 Oz

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The Kallikak Family. Title: The Kallikak Family. Number of Pages: 118. Weight: 0.4 lbs. Publication Date: 2008-10-07. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Kallikak Family ISBN13: 9781440434501 ISBN10: 1440434506 Author: Goddard, Henry Herbert (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - First Published In 1912, This Infamous Study Helped Establish Henry Herbert Goddard As A Leading Figure In The Eugenics Movement, Which Sought To Advance The Human Race Through Selective Breeding By Contrasting Two Branches Of The Pseudononymous Kallikak Family, Goddard Argued For The Existence Of A Hereditary Trait, Broadly-Defined As Feeble-Mindedness, Which Contributes To Crime, Poverty, And Other Social Problems Informed By Eugenics Research, The United States Forcibly Sterilized Over 65,000 Individuals Between 1907 And 1981, And Passed The Immigration Act Of 1924, Which Turned Away Members Of Undesirable Racial Groups Goddard's Research Has Since Been Thoroughly Debunked For Its Sloppy Methodology, Whereby Upper-Class Fieldworkers Were Trained To Assess Feeble-Mindedness At-A-Glance The Kallikak Family Is Widely Cited As One Of The Central Texts Of The Eugenics Movement, And As An Exemplar Of Politically-Motivated Pseudoscience Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2008-10-07 Weight: 0.4 lbs Dimensions: 0.4'' H x 5.9'' L x 8.8'' W Number of Pages: 118 Language: English

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