Pure America
Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia
Published on 16. January 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-953368-19-5 (ISBN)
Description
Longlisted for the 2022 PEN America John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction, a "riveting and tightly argued" history of eugenics and its ripple effects, by acclaimed historian Elizabeth Catte.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 124 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
113 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-953368-19-5 (9781953368195)
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Person
Elizabeth Catte is a historian and writer living in Virginia, and the author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia (Belt, 2018). She is an editor-at-large for West Virginia University Press and the co-founder of Passel, an applied history and consulting company. She lives in Staunton, Virginia.