Eradicating Deafness?. Genetics, Pathology, and Diversity in Twentieth-Century America, Paperback

How did American geneticists go from fearing the dysgenic effects of deaf intermarriage to considering modern biotechnology a threat for Deaf culture? This book provides insight into changing ideas of what deafness is, what science and medicine should achieve, and to the transformative effect of exchange between scientists and deaf communities. -- .

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Author(s): Marion Andrea Schmidt
• Illustration(s): 6 black & white illustrations
• Number of pages: 216
• Collection: Disability History
• Publication date: 2024
• Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 15
• Cover type: Paperback / softback