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A disability history of the United States / Kim E. Nielsen.

By: Nielsen, Kim E.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Revisioning American history: Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xxiii, 216 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780807022023 (alk. paper); 0807022020 (alk. paper).Subject(s): People with disabilities -- United States -- History | Sociology of disability -- United States -- History | People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- HistoryDDC classification: 362.40973
Contents:
The spirit chooses the body it will occupy : indigenous North America, pre-1492 -- The poor, vicious, and infirm : Colonial communities, 1492-1700 -- The miserable wretches were then thrown into the sea : the late Colonial era, 1700-1776 -- The deviant and the dependent : creating citizens, 1776-1865 -- I am disabled, and must go at something else besides hard labor : the institutionalization of disability, 1865-1890 -- Three generations of imbeciles are enough : the Progressive Era, 1890-1927 -- We don't want tin cups : laying the groundwork, 1927-1968 -- I guess I'm an activist. I think it's just caring : rights and rights denies, 1968- .
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 362.40973 N554 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003133303

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The spirit chooses the body it will occupy : indigenous North America, pre-1492 -- The poor, vicious, and infirm : Colonial communities, 1492-1700 -- The miserable wretches were then thrown into the sea : the late Colonial era, 1700-1776 -- The deviant and the dependent : creating citizens, 1776-1865 -- I am disabled, and must go at something else besides hard labor : the institutionalization of disability, 1865-1890 -- Three generations of imbeciles are enough : the Progressive Era, 1890-1927 -- We don't want tin cups : laying the groundwork, 1927-1968 -- I guess I'm an activist. I think it's just caring : rights and rights denies, 1968- .

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