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Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement

Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's The Eugenics Archive utilizes Flash for enhanced search features, cross referencing, and interactive images created with Zoomifyer. Get the Flash plugin at Adobe.com. The Eugenics Archive will open in a new window. I prefer the original, HTML-only Eugenics Archive site, take me there. Eugenics Archive Blog Sterilization Laws Based on a task force recommendation, the North Carolina legislature is considering paying $50,000 to living individuals sterilized by the state against their will or without their knowledge. Examine the Chronicle of how society dealt with mental illness and other "dysgenic" traits in the final section of our website DNA Interactive. Related:  EugenicsDevelopmental Differences

Eugenics While eugenic principles have been practiced as far back in world history as Ancient Greece, the modern history of eugenics began in the early 20th century when a popular eugenics movement emerged in Britain[8] and spread to many countries, including the United States and most European countries. In this period, eugenic ideas were espoused across the political spectrum. Consequently, many countries adopted eugenic policies meant to improve the genetic stock of their countries. Such programs often included both "positive" measures, such as encouraging individuals deemed particularly "fit" to reproduce, and "negative" measures such as marriage prohibitions and forced sterilization of people deemed unfit for reproduction. A major critique of eugenics policies is that regardless of whether "negative" or "positive" policies are used, they are vulnerable to abuse because the criteria of selection are determined by whichever group is in political power. History[edit] Meanings and types[edit]

DNA From The Beginning Eugenics in the United States Eugenics, the set of beliefs and practices which aims at improving the genetic quality of the human population,[2][3] played a significant role in the history and culture of the United States from the late 19th century into the mid-20th century.[4] The cause became increasingly promoted by intellectuals of the Progressive Era.[5][6] While ostensibly about improving genetic quality, it has been argued that eugenics was more about preserving the position of the dominant groups in the population. History Early proponents The American eugenics movement received extensive funding from various corporate foundations including the Carnegie Institution, Rockefeller Foundation, and the Harriman railroad fortune.[15] In 1906, J.H. By 1910, there was a large and dynamic network of scientists, reformers, and professionals engaged in national eugenics projects and actively promoting eugenic legislation. Several feminist reformers advocated an agenda of eugenic legal reform. Immigration restrictions

Greater Cincinnati Memory Project infobomber | information explosions Your Genes, Your Health Eugenics Archive Sterilization Laws Based on a task force recommendation, the North Carolina legislature is considering paying $50,000 to living individuals sterilized by the state against their will or without their knowledge. North Carolina reportedly sterilized 7,600 individuals between 1929 and 1974. Date on which each State inaugurated its eugenical sterilization law (view in Eugenics Archive) In 1914, eugenicist Harry Laughlin published a Model Eugenical Sterilization Law that proposed to authorize More > IQ Tests as a Measure of Intelligence Many of the old theories relating to eugenics were tied deeply to intelligence levels as predicted by IQ tests. Before we can measure something, intelligence in this case, we must define it. the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations. also: the skilled use of More > Eugenics Word of the Day: Miscegenation Recent news has again brought eugenics into present day politics. Almost More > Designer Babies and Fitter Families

INTRODUCTION: COMMODITY FETISHISM by Fredy Perlman According to economists whose theories currently prevail in America, economics has replaced political economy, and economics deals with scarcity, prices, and resource allocation. In the definition of Paul Samuelson, "economics or political economy, as it used to be called . . is the study of how men and society choose, with or without the use of money, to employ scarce productive resources, which could have alternative uses, to produce various commodities over time and distribute them for consumption, now and in the future, among various people and groups in society."1 According to Robert Campbell, "One of the central preoccupations of economics has always been what determines price."2 In the words of another expert, "Any community, the primers tell us, has to deal with a pervasive economic problem: how to determine the uses of available resources, including not only goods and services that can be employed productively but also other scarce supplies."3

The Georgia Guidestones - Another Gateway Into The New World Order/New Civilisation Enclosure For The Sheeple by Arthur Cristian "LET THESE BE GUIDESTONES TO AN AGE OF REASON" - TheGeorgiaGuideStones.com "A letter in stone to the editor of history, unsigned, and an inspiration to mischief" The message of the Georgia Guide Stones 1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Located on Georgia Highway 77 between Hartwell and Elberton, these giant granite stones are often referred to as "America's Stonehenge", because of their similarity to the famous England landmark. Video: A Journey Through The Guide Stones - 2006 A Brief Look at the Georgia Guide Stones The Guidestones have been referred to by some as a monument to God, others refer to it as a monument to Satan, saying that the 10 "Guides" are actually the "10 Commandments of the Anti-Christ". The site has been host to a myriad of activities: many "alternative" religions (such as witchcraft, druidism, etc) have used the site for ceremonies. The Time Capsule at the Georgia Guide Stones Gives No Date Why? Hang on!

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