Inventing America's 'worst' family: eugenics, Islam, and the rise of the tribe of Ishmael
Dublin Core
Title
Inventing America's 'worst' family: eugenics, Islam, and the rise of the tribe of Ishmael
Author
Deutsch, Nathaniel
Publisher
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009.
Place of Publication
United States of America: Berkeley, CA
No. of Pages
253 p.
Language
English
Publication Date
20090000
Primary Classification
15.5
Secondary Classification
15.5;1.2;2.2
Primary keywords
eugenics--[pri];historical aspects--[pri]
Secondary keywords
African Americans;American Indians;immigrants;indigents;Muslims;racial groups;religion;social class;social discrimination;whites
Subject
McCulloch, Oscar--[pri];Tribe of Ishmael--[pri];Twentieth Century--[pri];United States--[pri]
Subject
Estabrook, Arthur;Indianapolis
Note
36
Primary Document Type
b
Table Of Contents
List of illustrations -- Foreword by Sudhir Venkatesh -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. How Oscar McCulloch discovered the Ishmaelites -- 2. In darkest Indianapolis -- 3. How the other half lives -- 4. The Ischmaelites and the menace of the feebleminded -- 5. The tribal twenties: Ishmaelites, immigrants, and Asiatic Black men -- 6. Lost-found nation: how the Tribe of Ishmael became 'Muslim' -- 7. The Ishmaels: an American story -- Afterword -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index
Call Number
HQ755.5 .U5 D66 2009
Bibliography
Refs., p. 231-241
ISBN
9780520255241
Collection
Citation
“Inventing America's 'worst' family: eugenics, Islam, and the rise of the tribe of Ishmael,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed July 26, 2024, http://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/34498.