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Framing the moron : the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Brien, Gerald, 1958- Author.
- Series:
- Disability history.
- Disability history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Persons with Disabilities.
- History.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Sociology.
- Sterilization, Reproductive.
- Patient Care.
- Health Services.
- Humanities.
- Urogenital Surgical Procedures.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Social Sciences.
- Therapeutics.
- Persons.
- Names.
- Surgical Procedures, Operative.
- Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
- Eugenics.
- Institutionalization.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.
- Sterilization, Involuntary.
- Medical Subjects:
- Persons with Disabilities.
- History.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Sociology.
- Sterilization, Reproductive.
- Patient Care.
- Health Services.
- Humanities.
- Urogenital Surgical Procedures.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Social Sciences.
- Therapeutics.
- Persons.
- Names.
- Surgical Procedures, Operative.
- Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services.
- Eugenics.
- Institutionalization.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.
- Sterilization, Involuntary.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Aug 8, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-78170-589-5
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