Eugenic Nation

"...a fascinating and mutifaceted contribution to twentieth-century American history." * Social History *
"...a rich narrative of the social, political, and scientific life of the nation, a narrative in which gender and race are central to understanding America's continuing fascination with better breeding." * American Historical Review *
"Stern meticulously demonstrates the extent to which California eugenics was simultaneously distinct from eugenics in other states and also a major force in the national movement." * American Studies *
"...Stern has made a significant contribution to the historical record of eugenics." * Isis *
"With Eugenic Nation Alexandra Stern has refocused the geographical and chronological lens generally used to examine hereditarian impulses in American history. The result is a fascinating and essential contribution to the scholarship on American eugenics." * Journal of the History of Biology *
"Stern's discussion of eugenics and the family are of particular interest to those debating the relationship between biology and gender. . . . [and] it does provide material for a more nuanced discussion of how sociologists should proceed in the era of the human genome." * American Journal of Sociology *
"Eugenic Nation stunningly traces the cultural continuities in 'better breeding' that refuse to stay in the past." * Western Historical Quarterly *