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California and the politics of disability, 1850-1970 / Eileen V. Wallis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wallis, Eileen V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with mental disabilities--Care--California--History--19th century.
- People with mental disabilities.
- People with mental disabilities--Care--California--History--20th century.
- People with disabilities--Care--California--History--19th century.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Care--California--History--20th century.
- People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc--California--History--19th century.
- People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc--California--History--20th century.
- People with disabilities--Care--California--Los Angeles County--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (351 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and color).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer, [2023]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1.Introduction
- Chapter 2.Friendless and Homeless: The Gold Rush to 1870
- Chapter 3. A Sin and a Shame: Regional Institutional Development in the Late 19th Century
- Chapter 4. Helpless and Delinquent: The Los Angeles Psychopathic Association
- Chapter 5. The Thankless Task: Parole, Eugenics; and the Institutionalization of the Addicted
- Chapter 6. Their Responsibility: From the Great Depression to the Birth of the Community Clinic
- Chapter 7. To Promote Mental Health: The Bureaucracy of Disability at Midcentury
- Chapter 8. Whistling in the Dark: Californias Politics of Disability Transformed
- Chapter 9. California after the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 03, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wallis, Eileen V. California and the politics of disability, 1850 -1970.
- ISBN:
- 9783031217142
- 3031217144
- Publisher Number:
- 99994084405
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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