A disability history of the United States /
Nielsen, Kim E.
A disability history of the United States / Kim E. Nielsen. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2012. - xxiii, 216 p. ; 24 cm. - Revisioning American history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-209) 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- .
Covers the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present.
0807022020 : HRD $26.95 9780807022023
Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975
2012014236
People with disabilities--History.--United States
Sociology of disability--History.--United States
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--United States
HV1553 / .N54 2012
362.40973
A disability history of the United States / Kim E. Nielsen. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2012. - xxiii, 216 p. ; 24 cm. - Revisioning American history .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-209) 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- .
Covers the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present.
0807022020 : HRD $26.95 9780807022023
Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975
2012014236
People with disabilities--History.--United States
Sociology of disability--History.--United States
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--United States
HV1553 / .N54 2012
362.40973