Understanding Eugenics: The U.S. and Nazi Plans to Shape the Gene Pool & Control the Population - Paperback
by Joe Biel
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Microcosm PublishingISBN-13:9781621062523ISBN-10:162106252XUPC:9781621062523Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Discrimination, People with DisabilitiesSize:6.70 x 2.30 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.1Product ID:SC8JAXY3H1
The "science" of eugenics--by which the genetic makeup of a population is controlled by who does and doesn't reproduce--is forever tied in popular memory with Nazi Germany. But the practice began in late 19th-century England, and was widely embraced in the US, Canada, and Europe. As a result, policies were enacted that touched on segregation, marriage, birth control, and genocide. Eugenicists were obsessed with race and disability--many current genetic-testing practices are a continuation of that unfortunate era. This zine gives a harrowing hidden history and present state of eugenics, wrought with its moral and scientific implications.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Microcosm PublishingISBN-13:9781621062523ISBN-10:162106252XUPC:9781621062523Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Discrimination, People with DisabilitiesSize:6.70 x 2.30 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.1Product ID:SC8JAXY3H1
Biel, Joe: - Joe Biel is a self-made autistic publisher and filmmaker who draws origins, inspiration, and methods from punk rock. He is the founder and CEO of Microcosm Publishing and co-founder of the Portland Zine Symposium. He has been featured in Time Magazine, Publisher's Weekly, Art of Autism, Utne Reader, Oregonian, Broken Pencil, Punk Planet, Bulletproof Radio, Spectator (Japan), G33K (Korea), and Maximum Rocknroll. He is the author of People's Guide to Publishing: Building a Successful, Sustainable, Meaningful Book Business, Good Trouble: Building a Successful Life & Business on the Spectrum, Manspressions: Decoding Men's Behavior, Make a Zine, The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting, Proud to be Retarded, Bicycle Culture Rising, and more. He is the director of five feature films and hundreds of short films, including Aftermass: Bicycling in a Post-Critical Mass Portland, $100 & A T-Shirt, and the Groundswell film series. The Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy described Biel as "not trained in pedagogy." He lives in Portland, Ore and his work can be found at joebiel.net
Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
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