Description xvi, 240 pages ; 24 cm

Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-233) and index

Contents Inherited genetic disorders and inherited social orders -- The prism of heritability and the sociology of knowledge: what questions? Whose questions? -- The genetic screening of "target" populations -- Dilemmas of a "general" genetic disorder control policy -- Neutrality and ideology in genetic disorder control -- The increasing appropriation of genetic explanations -- Eugenics by the back door -- Human genetics, evolutionary theory, and social stratification -- Afterword: The new and emerging relationship between behavioral and molecular genetics

Summary Publisher description: Considered a classic in the field, Troy Duster's Backdoor to Eugenics was a groundbreaking book that grappled with the social and political implications of the new genetic technologies. Completely updated and revised, this work will be welcomed back into print as we struggle to understand the pros and cons of prenatal detection of birth defects; gene therapies; growth hormones; and substitute genetic answers to problems linked with such groups as Jews, Scandinavians, Native American, Arabs, and African Americans. Duster's book has never been more timely

Subjects Eugenics

Human chromosome abnormalities -- Diagnosis -- Social aspects

Genetic disorders -- Social aspects

Eugenics -- United States

Eugenics

Genetic Determinism

Genetic Diseases, Inborn -- diagnosis

Genetics, Medical -- ethics

Socioeconomic Factors

LC NO RB155 .D87 2003

Nlm No HQ 751 D974b 2003

Dewey No 363.9/2 21

OCLC # 52251293

Isn/Std # GBA3V9519 bnb

GBA3-V9519

ISBN 0415948053 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

9780415948050 (hbk. ; alk. paper)

0415946743 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

9780415946742 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Isn/Std # (OCoLC)52251293 (OCoLC)1022658881

LCCN 2003010961