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Inventing the feeble mind : a history of mental retardation in the United States / James W. Trent, Jr.
Van Pelt Library HV3006.A4 T74 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trent, James W., Jr., 1948-
- Series:
- Medicine and society ; 6.
- Medicine and society ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with mental disabilities--United States--History.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Intellectual disability--United States--History.
- Intellectual disability.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--United States--History.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [1994]
- Summary:
- James W. Trent uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports, and rare photographs to explore our changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. He contends that the economic vulnerability of mentally retarded people (and their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual or social limitations, has determined their institutional treatment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520082435
- OCLC:
- 28802049
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