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New, unread, in fine condition. Fascinating and disturbing study of eugenics in America.I'm sorry, but I'm unable to ship expedited outside the US.The disturbing, forgotten history of America's experiment with eugenics.In the 1920s and 1930s, thousands of men and women were sterilized at asylums and prisons across America. Believing that criminality and mental illness were inherited, state legislatures passed laws calling for the sterilization of "habitual criminals" and the "feebleminded." But in 1936, inmates at Oklahoma's McAlester prison refused to cooperate; a man named Jack Skinner was the first to come to trial. A colorful and heroic cast of characters―from the inmates themselves to their devoted, self-taught lawyer―would fight the case all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Only after Americans learned the extent of another large-scale eugenics project―in Nazi Germany―would the inmates triumph. Combining engrossing narrative with sharp legal analysis, Victoria F. Nourse explains the… Leer más

Outside of book has minor wear due to storage; text is fine, binding is tight.

Defeat your Insulin Resistance and change your life with an easy-to-follow plan and seventy-five recipes for a healthier you. It's proven that a healthy lifestyle can dramatically reduce your chances of diabetes, heart disease, and other illnesses. But where should you start? Americans are slowly becoming ill from impaired glucose metabolism that manifests itself as a debilitating illness or chronic condition. You may try to manage one problem after another—diuretics to treat blood pressure, statins to lower cholesterol, metformin and insulin to treat diabetes—without fully realizing that the root of these issues is insulin resistance, which revs up inflammation, damages the immune system, and disrupts the whole hormonal/chemical system in the body. It's time to feel better and get healthy by following a simple step-by-step plan to a healthy lifestyle.Rob Thompson, MD, and Dana Carpender create the ultimate dream team… Leer más