Douglas C Baynton All Books: Defectives sku-49983501

Defectives in the Land: Disability and Immigration in the Age of Eugenics is a hardcover by Douglas C. Baynton. Listed under Douglas C Baynton in All Books as sku-49983501, it examines disability in US immigration restrictions of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Baynton argues that restrictions aimed to exclude people labeled “defectives,” including deaf, blind, epileptic, and mobility-impaired people; those with curved spines, hernias, flat or club feet, missing or short limbs, or unusually short or tall stature; people with intellectual or psychiatric disabilities; intersexual people; and men described as having “poor physique” or diagnosed with “feminism.” He also examines how races and nationalities were deemed undesirable based on supposed susceptibility to mental, moral, or physical defects. The book presents early immigration laws as a decades-long effort to find effective ways to exclude people considered defective, shaped by a culture concerned with competition, efficiency, appearance, heredity, and fears of degeneration of the American race.You may also like Royalty Account Marianne Kalinke Book 3 sku-32632296.