Inventing the Feeble Mind A History of Mental Retardation in the United States

Name: Inventing the Feeble Mind A History of Mental Retardation in the United States
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ISBN: 9780520203570

ISBN-10: 0520203577

ISBN-13: 9780520203570

Edition: N/A

Authors: James W. Trent

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James W. Trent uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports, and rare photographs to explore our changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. He contends that the economic vulnerability of mentally retarded people (and their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual or social limitations, has determined their institutional treatment.

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List price: $33.95
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/19/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Idiots in America



Edward Seguin and the Irony of Physiological Education



The Burden of the Feebleminded



Living and Working in the Institution, 1890-1920



The Menace of the Feebleminded



Sterilization, Parole, and Routinization



The Remaking of Mental Retardation: Of War, Angels, Parents, and Politicians


Epilogue: On Suffering Fools Gladly


Notes


References


Index