In Reckless Hands : Skinner v Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics
240pp, central section of black and white photographic plates. Quarter bound in black paper over 'natural' paper-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket price unclipped. 8vo. Landmark study of a landmark case and a must-read for anyone concerned with how ideas of human heredity have figured in criminality, race, law, and eugenics.
