C Elizabeth Koester

(Author)

In the Public Good: Eugenics and Law in Ontario Volume 57Paperback, 15 September 2021

In the Public Good: Eugenics and Law in Ontario Volume 57
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Part of Series
McGill-Queen's Associated Medical Services Studies in the Hi
Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Date Published
15 Sep 2021
ISBN-10
0228008514
ISBN-13
9780228008514

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In the early twentieth century, the eugenics movement won many supporters with its promise that social ills such as venereal disease, alcoholism, and so-called feeble-mindedness, along with many other conditions, could be eliminated by selective human breeding and other measures. The provinces of Alberta and British Columbia passed legislation requiring that certain "unfit" individuals undergo reproductive sterilization. Ontario, being home to many leading proponents of eugenics, came close to doing the same.In the Public Good examines three legal processes that were used to advance eugenic ideas in Ontario between 1910 and 1938: legislative bills, provincial royal commissions, and the criminal trial of a young woman accused of distributing birth control information. Taken together, they reveal who in the province supported these ideas, how they were understood in relation to the public good, and how they were debated. Elizabeth Koester shows the ways in which the law was used both to promote and to deflect eugenics, and how the concept of the public good was used by supporters to add power to their cause.With eugenic thinking finding new footholds in the possibilities offered by reproductive technologies, proposals to link welfare entitlement to "voluntary" sterilization, and concerns about immigration, In the Public Good adds depth to our understanding. Its exploration of the historical relationship between eugenics and law in Ontario prepares us to face the implications of "newgenics" today.

Product Details

Author:
C Elizabeth Koester
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 September 2021
Dimensions:
14.99 x 22.61 x 2.54 cm
Genre:
Canadian
ISBN-10:
0228008514
ISBN-13:
9780228008514
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Weight:
517.09 gm

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