A disability history of the United States / Kim E. Nielsen.
A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell American history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it. As historian and disability scholar Nielsen argues, to understand disability history isn't to narrowly focus on a series of individual triumphs but rather to examine mass movements and pivotal daily events through the lens of varied experiences. Throughout the book, Nielsen deftly illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American experience-from deciding who was allowed to immigrate to establishing labor laws and justifying slavery and gender discrimination. Included are absorbing-at times horrific-narratives of blinded slaves being thrown overboard and women being involuntarily sterilized, as well as triumphant accounts of disabled miners organizing strikes and disability rights activists picketing Washington.
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- ISBN: 9780807022023 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0807022020 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xxiii, 216 pages; 28 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, [2012]
- Copyright: ©2012
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-209) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The spirit chooses the body it will occupy : indigenous North America, pre-1492 -- The poor, vicious, and inform : 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- . |
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Subject: | People with disabilities > United States > History. Sociology of disability > United States > History. People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History. |
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