Retrospectives: Eugenics and Economics in the Progressive Era
记录了进步时代优生学思想对美国经济改革的影响,特别是在移民和劳动改革领域,并探讨其成因与后果。
During the Progressive Era, eugenic approaches to social and economic reform were popular, respectable and widespread. This essay documents the influence of eugenic ideas upon American economic reform, especially in the areas of immigration and labor reform, and tries to illuminate something of its causes and consequences.