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The eugenics crusade : what's wrong with perfect? Cover Image DVD DVD
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The eugenics crusade : what's wrong with perfect?

Honeycutt, Connie, (television producer.). Uz, Rafael de la, (television producer.). Ferrari, Michelle, (television director,, television producer,, screenwriter.). Stoll, Corey, 1976- (narrator.). Mukherjee, Siddhartha, (commentator.). Wailoo, Keith, (commentator.). Leonard, Thomas C., 1960- (commentator.). Halpern, Nathan, 1978- (composer (expression)). 42nd Parallel Films, (production company.). American Experience Films, (production company.). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), (production company.). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (broadcaster.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary: Presents the story of the eugenics movement in the U.S., tracing its evolution from a force for human progress through the study of genetics to an anti-humanistic campaign for state-sponsored sterilization and the closing of the country's borders to peoples believed by some to be genetically inferior.

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  • ISBN: 1531706312
  • ISBN: 9781531706319
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2018]

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General Note:
Documentary.
Widescreen.
"American experience is a production of WGBH."
Originally produced as an episode of the television series: American experience in 2018.
Running time indicated on container: approximately 120 minutes; actual running time 115 minutes.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Composer of original score, Nathan Halpern.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Corey Stoll ; commentators, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Keith Wailoo, Thomas C. Leonard.
Target Audience Note:
TV-PG.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (16x9) presentation; stereo.
Language Note:
In English, with optional English subtitles.

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Subject: Eugenics United States History
Davenport, Charles Benedict 1866-1944
Galton, Francis 1822-1911
Genre: Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Topic Heading: Closed-captioned DVDs.

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RACC Documentary - HQ751 .E9 2018 (Text) 33624024951384 DVD Available -
Allentown Public Library DVD 363.92 EUGE (Text) 34455006547190 Adult DVD Nonfiction Available -
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