The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness by Goddard
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"The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness" by Henry H. Goddard is a psychological study published in 1912. It traces two branches of one family descended from a Revolutionary War hero—one from his marriage, one from an illicit encounter—to argue that intelligence and morality are hereditary. The book became influential in American eugenics, though later research revealed significant factual inaccuracies that invalidate its conclusions about inherited mental disabilities. (This
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| Author | Goddard, Henry Herbert, 1866-1957 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kallikak_Family |
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Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender |
| Subject | Heredity, Human |
| Subject | Mental retardation |
| Subject | People with mental disabilities |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 53958 |
| Release Date | Jan 13, 2017 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 499 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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