Description:
Robert Jarvenpa offers both an intriguing history of the mixed-race Native Americans named the Nam, who originated from western New England, and a critical reevaluation of one of the earliest studies on family eugenics.
Review Quotes: "Declared Defective will be of interest to scholars of Native North America, the Progressive Era, the history of science, and race and ethnicity."--Mikaëla M. Adams, Journal of American Ethnic History