TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nielsen,Kim E.
TI  - A disability history of the United States
T2  - Revisioning American history
SN  - 0807022020 : HRD
AV  - HV1553 .N54 2012
U1  - 362.40973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Beacon Press
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Sociology of disability
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
N1  - 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-
N2  - Covers the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present
ER  -