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On the margins of citizenship : intellectual disability and civil rights in twentieth-century America
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On the margins of citizenship : intellectual disability and civil rights in twentieth-century America / Allison C. Carey.
ISBN
9781592136971 (cloth : alk. paper)
1592136974 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2009.
Physical Description
276 p. ; 24 cm.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 05, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
A theory of citizenship and disability
Setting the stage : early tensions in citizenship
The feebleminded versus the nation : 1900-1930s
Professionals and the potentially productive citizen
The rise of the parents' movement and the special child
Creating the mentally retarded citizen
The difficult road of the 1980s
Reimagining retardation, transforming community
Conclusion.
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