Project Gutenberg 2017-01-13 Public domain in the USA. 704 Goddard, Henry Herbert 1866 1957 The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kallikak_Family Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Kallikak Family: A Study in the Heredity of Feeble-Mindedness" by Henry Herbert Goddard is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the lineage of the Kallikak family to investigate the hereditary factors contributing to feeble-mindedness and other social issues, showcasing how traits may be transmitted across generations. Through careful documentation and research, Goddard aims to highlight the implications of heredity on societal constructs of morality and intelligence. The opening of the book sets the stage for a detailed examination of a specific family, beginning with the introduction of a young girl named Deborah, who enters the Vineland Training School for feeble-minded children. The narrative details Deborah's background, including her troubled family history marked by illegitimacy and social struggles. The initial focus on her personal development and educational progress within the institution serves as a case study to further explore the broader patterns of hereditary feeble-mindedness identified by Goddard through his rigorous fieldwork, which includes tracing the conditions of more than 300 families related to Deborah's lineage. This establishes the foundation for a more extensive investigation into the Kallikak family's ancestry and the social implications of their descent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Heredity, Human Mental retardation People with mental disabilities HQ Text Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Sociology 232621 2025-09-21T12:17:14.565807 text/html 202999 2024-10-23T01:38:15 text/html 1713553 2025-09-21T12:17:20.486776 application/epub+zip 1703240 2025-09-21T12:17:15.693788 application/epub+zip 121816 2025-09-21T12:17:15.028814 application/epub+zip 1768272 2025-09-21T12:17:24.146761 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1727204 2025-09-21T12:17:19.264839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170118 2022-09-24T14:53:50.247563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 182891 2025-09-21T12:17:14.006812 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 162784 2024-10-23T01:38:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17008 2025-09-21T12:17:24.301730 application/rdf+xml 8483 2025-09-21T12:17:15.118782 image/jpeg 1637 2025-09-21T12:17:15.074769 image/jpeg 1879903 2025-09-21T12:17:14.673800 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia