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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- Release Year
- 2013
- ISBN
- 9780807022047
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Beacon Press
ISBN-10
0807022047
ISBN-13
9780807022047
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159766741
Product Key Features
Book Title
Disability History of the United States
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Modern / 16th Century, People with Disabilities, United States / General
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Social Science, History
Book Series
Revisioning History Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"At last: a truly inclusive history. This groundbreaking book braids together the history every American knows with the history most Americans have never even imagined--and our society has long forgotten. Fascinating, enlightening, absorbing, well-researched, and concise, A Disability History of the United States isn't just the book I wish I'd read in school. It's the book I'd encourage every American to read." --Rachel Simon, author of The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus With My Sister "This brave book is full of surprises; a page-turner that tells a story I had not known. In every chapter there is at least one episode that made me shiver. Read it for Kim Nielsen's fresh interpretations, read it for her wisdom. U.S. history will not look the same." --Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies "Path-breaking, meticulously researched, and drawing on a stunning array of sources, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally changes our understanding of the nation's past. I was amazed by Kim Nielsen's ability to convey a richly peopled history while still detailing a national experience. Disability, Nielsen reminds us, is beautifully and inextricably entangled with all the other forces that shape identities and communities. This remarkable 'peoples' story' stretches the chronological, analytical, and thematic borders of U.S. and disability history. Everyone interested in U.S. and disability histories will benefit from reading this book." --Susan Burch, author of Signs of Resistance "A wonderful, beautifully written, remarkable achievement that will certainly become a classic within the field and should become standard reading." --Michael A. Rembis, Director, Center for Disability Studies, University at Buffalo "By displacing the able-bodied, self-subsisting individual citizen as the basic unit (and implied beneficiary) of the American experience, she compels the reader to reconsider how we understand personal dignity, public life, and the common good." -- Inside Higher Ed. "A scholarly yet stirring narrative of our nation's uneasy relations--part pity and empathy, part discrimination and social stigmatization--with disabled people." -- Booklist "Nielsen excavates the long-buried history of physical difference in America and shows how disability has been a significant factor in the formation of democratic values...The range of this book is marvelous." -- The Wilson Quarterly "I think you'll like this book, too, especially if you're an advocate, a student of history, or just looking for a different angle on American society. For you, A Disability History of the United States is a book you can't afford to miss." -- The Price County Daily, "At last: a truly inclusive history. This groundbreaking book braids together the history every American knows with the history most Americans have never even imagined-and our society has long forgotten. Fascinating, enlightening, absorbing, well-researched, and concise, A Disability History of the United States isn't just the book I wish I'd read in school. It's the book I'd encourage every American to read." -Rachel Simon, author of The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus With My Sister "This brave book is full of surprises; a page-turner that tells a story I had not known. In every chapter there is at least one episode that made me shiver. Read it for Kim Nielsen's fresh interpretations, read it for her wisdom. U.S. history will not look the same." -Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies "Path-breaking, meticulously researched, and drawing on a stunning array of sources, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally changes our understanding of the nation's past. I was amazed by Kim Nielsen's ability to convey a richly peopled history while still detailing a national experience. Disability, Nielsen reminds us, is beautifully and inextricably entangled with all the other forces that shape identities and communities. This remarkable 'peoples' story' stretches the chronological, analytical, and thematic borders of U.S. and disability history. Everyone interested in U.S. and disability histories will benefit from reading this book." -Susan Burch, author of Signs of Resistance "A wonderful, beautifully written, remarkable achievement that will certainly become a classic within the field and should become standard reading." -Michael A. Rembis, Director, Center for Disability Studies, University at Buffalo "By displacing the able-bodied, self-subsisting individual citizen as the basic unit (and implied beneficiary) of the American experience, she compels the reader to reconsider how we understand personal dignity, public life, and the common good." - Inside Higher Ed. "A scholarly yet stirring narrative of our nation's uneasy relations-part pity and empathy, part discrimination and social stigmatization-with disabled people." - Booklist "Nielsen excavates the long-buried history of physical difference in AmerÂica and shows how disability has been a significant factor in the formation of democratic values…The range of this book is marvelous." - The Wilson Quarterly "I think you'll like this book, too, especially if you're an advocate, a student of history, or just looking for a different angle on American society. For you, A Disability History of the United States is a book you can't afford to miss." - The Price County Daily From the Hardcover edition., "At last: a truly inclusive history. This groundbreaking book braids together the history every American knows with the history most Americans have never even imagined-and our society has long forgotten. Fascinating, enlightening, absorbing, well-researched, and concise, A Disability History of the United States isn't just the book I wish I'd read in school. It's the book I'd encourage every American to read." -Rachel Simon, author of The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus With My Sister "This brave book is full of surprises; a page-turner that tells a story I had not known. In every chapter there is at least one episode that made me shiver. Read it for Kim Nielsen's fresh interpretations, read it for her wisdom. U.S. history will not look the same." -Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies "Path-breaking, meticulously researched, and drawing on a stunning array of sources, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally changes our understanding of the nation's past. I was amazed by Kim Nielsen's ability to convey a richly peopled history while still detailing a national experience. Disability, Nielsen reminds us, is beautifully and inextricably entangled with all the other forces that shape identities and communities. This remarkable 'peoples' story' stretches the chronological, analytical, and thematic borders of U.S. and disability history. Everyone interested in U.S. and disability histories will benefit from reading this book." -Susan Burch, author of Signs of Resistance "A wonderful, beautifully written, remarkable achievement that will certainly become a classic within the field and should become standard reading." -Michael A. Rembis, Director, Center for Disability Studies, University at Buffalo "By displacing the able-bodied, self-subsisting individual citizen as the basic unit (and implied beneficiary) of the American experience, she compels the reader to reconsider how we understand personal dignity, public life, and the common good." - Inside Higher Ed. "A scholarly yet stirring narrative of our nation's uneasy relations-part pity and empathy, part discrimination and social stigmatization-with disabled people." - Booklist "Nielsen excavates the long-buried history of physical difference in AmerÂica and shows how disability has been a significant factor in the formation of democratic values…The range of this book is marvelous." - The Wilson Quarterly "I think you'll like this book, too, especially if you're an advocate, a student of history, or just looking for a different angle on American society. For you, A Disability History of the United States is a book you can't afford to miss." - The Price County Daily, "At last: a truly inclusive history. This groundbreaking book braids together the history every American knows with the history most Americans have never even imagined--and our society has long forgotten. Fascinating, enlightening, absorbing, well-researched, and concise, A Disability History of the United States isn't just the book I wish I'd read in school. It's the book I'd encourage every American to read." --Rachel Simon, author of The Story of Beautiful Girl and Riding The Bus With My Sister "This brave book is full of surprises; a page-turner that tells a story I had not known. In every chapter there is at least one episode that made me shiver. Read it for Kim Nielsen's fresh interpretations, read it for her wisdom. U.S. history will not look the same." --Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies "Path-breaking, meticulously researched, and drawing on a stunning array of sources, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally changes our understanding of the nation's past. I was amazed by Kim Nielsen's ability to convey a richly peopled history while still detailing a national experience. Disability, Nielsen reminds us, is beautifully and inextricably entangled with all the other forces that shape identities and communities. This remarkable 'peoples' story' stretches the chronological, analytical, and thematic borders of U.S. and disability history. Everyone interested in U.S. and disability histories will benefit from reading this book." --Susan Burch, author of Signs of Resistance "A wonderful, beautifully written, remarkable achievement that will certainly become a classic within the field and should become standard reading." --Michael A. Rembis, Director, Center for Disability Studies, University at Buffalo "By displacing the able-bodied, self-subsisting individual citizen as the basic unit (and implied beneficiary) of the American experience, she compels the reader to reconsider how we understand personal dignity, public life, and the common good." -- Inside Higher Ed. "A scholarly yet stirring narrative of our nation's uneasy relations--part pity and empathy, part discrimination and social stigmatization--with disabled people." -- Booklist "Nielsen excavates the long-buried history of physical difference in America and shows how disability has been a significant factor in the formation of democratic values...The range of this book is marvelous." -- The Wilson Quarterly "I think you'll like this book, too, especially if you're an advocate, a student of history, or just looking for a different angle on American society. For you, A Disability History of the United States is a book you can't afford to miss." -- The Price County Daily
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Series Volume Number
2
Dewey Decimal
362.40973
Table Of Content
Introduction ONE The spirit chooses the body it will occupy :Indigenous North America, Pre-1492 TWO The poor, vicious, and infirm :Colonial Communities, 1492-1700 THREE The miserable wretches were then thrown into the sea :The Late Colonial Era, 1700-1776 FOUR The deviant and the dependent: Creating Citizens, 1776-1865 FIVE I am disabled, and must go atsomething else besides hard labor : The Institutionalization of Disability, 1865-1890 SIX Three generations of imbeciles are enough :The Progressive Era, 1890-1927 SEVEN We don't want tin cups :Laying the Groundwork, 1927-1968 EIGHT I guess I'm an activist . I think it's just caring:Rights and Rights Denied, 1968- Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index
Synopsis
The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not only the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of disabled people at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it's a familiar telling. In other ways, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy. A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell US 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. Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation's past- from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all. About the Series Beacon Press's ReVisioning History series consists of accessibly written books by notable scholars that reconstruct and reinterpret US history from diverse perspectives., The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it's a familiar telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy. 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. Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation's past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all., The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not only the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of disabled people at the center of the American narrative. In many ways, it's a familiar telling. In other ways, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy. A Disability History of the United States pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell US 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. Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation's past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all. About the Series Beacon Press's ReVisioning History series consists of accessibly written books by notable scholars that reconstruct and reinterpret US history from diverse perspectives.
LC Classification Number
HV1553.N54 2013
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