Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement

Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement focuses on a time in the early 1900s when many people believed that some "races," classes, and individuals were superior to others. They used a new branch of scientific inquiry known as eugenics to justify their prejudices and advocate programs and policies aimed at solving the nation's problems by ridding society of "inferior racial traits."

Chapter Titles
Chapter 1: Science Fictions and Social Realities
Chapter 2: Race, Democracy, and Citizenship
Chapter 3: Evolution, "Progress", and Eugenics
Chapter 4: In an Age of "Progress"
Chapter 5: Eugenics and the Power of Testing
Chapter 6: Toward Civic Biology
Chapter 7: Eugenics, Citizenship, and Immigration
Chapter 8: The Nazi Connection
Chapter 9: Legacies and Possibilities