Pure America: Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia | 
pickExcellent. Not the in-depth history the subtitle hints at, but more interesting, and more chilling. Delivered with a moral clarity that left me apprehensive about the resurgence of the racist and classist ideas that led to the flowering of eugenics in pre-WWII America. A reminder that the Supreme Court's 1927 ruling that the State has the right to sterilize us, its citizens, has never been overturned.
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stevesbookstuf1 A great little book - a hardcover about the size of a small paperback, and less than 200 pages. A bit slow to start but once you get a feel for where the author is coming from it moves quickly. Well worth your time. 2y
stevesbookstuf1 Belt Publishing, by the way, is a Cleveland based indie press. It's founder Anne Trubeck, has a great newsletter on Substack that I really enjoy reading. It's called “Notes from a Small Press“. Part literary musing, part “behind the scenes“ in the publishing world. Also well worth your time. 2y
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