Sterilizing the "Feeble-Minded": Eugenics in Alberta, Canada, 1929-1972

Journal of Historical Sociology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 358-384

  Grekul, Jana ^a   Krahn, Harvey ^b   Odynak, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 10044228374     PISSN: 09521909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2004.00237.x     Document Type: Review

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