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Voices of Pineland : eugenics, social reform, and the legacy of feeblemindedness in Maine / by Stephen T. Murphy.
LIBRA HV3006.M22 P566 2011
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Van Pelt Library HV3006.M22 P566 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murphy, Stephen T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.)--History.
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.).
- Intellectual disability facilities--Maine--History.
- Intellectual disability facilities.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--Maine--History.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Persons with Mental Disabilities--history.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care.
- History.
- Maine.
- Residential Facilities--history.
- Eugenics--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Institutionalization--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Persons with Mental Disabilities--history.
- Maine.
- Residential Facilities--history.
- Eugenics--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Institutionalization--history.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charlotte, NC : Information Age Pub., [2011]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- National context surrounding Maine's School for "Feeble-minded"
- Opening the institutional doors
- Eugenics, racism, and sterilization
- Continuing fears, legalized surgery, and institutional acceleration
- Receding eugenic influence: persisting policies
- Institutional exodus and expose
- From medical to legal: class action, consent decrees, and controversy
- Compliance debates and closure wars
- Contemporary reform and continuing legacy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1617354147
- 9781617354144
- 9781617354151
- 1617354155
- 9781617354168
- 1617354163
- OCLC:
- 710903825
- Publisher Number:
- 99946135748
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