The Dangers of the Geographical Imagination in the U.S. Eugenics Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7464264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan Patrick Marcus (0000-0002-1023-2361, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 36-56 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00167428.2020.1812071 |
| OpenAlex | W3081385508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article offers a new synthesis of the role of geography and geographical thinking in the inception and diffusion of the U.S. eugenics movement and its relevance in social and racial sentiments today. This role was supported by the salience of the geographical imagination and the influence of eminent Ivy League-educated elites during the first quarter of the twentieth century. Moreover, the significance here is that the eugenics movement and its geographical imagination transferred into the implementation of policy, notably immigration restriction, anti-miscegenation, and sterilization laws. The geographical imagination provided fodder for xenophobic, anti-Semitic, racist, and anti-immigrant public sentiments that left a powerful legacy to this today
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Race Progress and Immigration
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Constructions of ‘whiteness’ in the geographical imagination
Mapping Moral Geographies
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Between Space and Time
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |