Theodore M Porter

Distinguished Professor of History, UCLA

Theodore M Porter is a distinguished professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles. His latest book is Genetics in the Madhouse: The Unknown History of Human Heredity (2018).

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Sepia-toned vintage photograph of a woman with a plaid headscarf, handwritten text surrounds the photo, dated 8/3/76.

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Madhouse genetics

What the archives of mental-health asylums reveal about the history of human heredity and the evolution of genetics

Theodore M Porter