The Purifying Knife

A thoroughgoing look into a rare case where the eugenics movement "failed" in spite of its power in the United States and around the world--while still wielding a toxic influence--Phillips and Friauf's work offers insight into the history of the LGBTQ community, abortion, and immigration policies in Texas, and persuasively argues that the long arc of eugenics history has helped shaped contemporary politics in the Lone Star State.