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The Eugenics Crusade

. Dir. by

Michelle

Ferrari

. Prod. by

Connie

Honeycutt

,

Rafael

De La Uz

, and

Michelle

Ferrari

. 42nd Parallel Films Production for The American Experience, 2018. 114 mins. (https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eugenics-crusade)

James I. Deutsch

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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Journal of American History, Volume 106, Issue 1, June 2019, Pages 284–285, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaz330

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01 June 2019

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The Eugenics Crusade succeeds in explaining—systematically, rationally, and intelligently—why the movement for eugenics captivated so many people in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Using extensive interviews with experts drawn from various disciplines, and richly illustrated with relevant photographs, motion pictures, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, and eugenics publications, The Eugenics Crusade tells a story that is enlightening, disturbing, and still timely for the twenty-first century.

Throughout the documentary, thoughtful commentary is provided by an impressive roster of scholars, including Adam Cohen, the author of Imbeciles: The Supreme Court, American Eugenics, and the Sterilization of Carrie Buck (2016); Nathaniel Comfort, the author of The Science of Human Perfection (2012); Daniel Kevles, the author of In the Name of Eugenics (1985); Paul A. Lombardo, the author of Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell (2008); Wendy Kline, the author of Building a Better Race (2001); Thomas C. Leonard, the author of Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era (2016); Siddhartha Mukherjee, the author of The Gene: An Intimate History (2016); Alondra Nelson, Keith Wailoo, and Catherine Lee, the editors of Genetics and the Unsettled Past (2012); Christine Rosen, the author of Preaching Eugenics: Religious Leaders and the American Eugenics Movement (2004); Jonathan Spiro, the author of Defending the Master Race: Conservation, Eugenics, and the Legacy of Madison Grant (2008); and Alexandra Minna Stern, the author of Eugenic Nation (2016).

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