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This text uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports and photographs to explore changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. It argues 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of California Press
ISBN-139780520203570
eBay Product ID (ePID)94454045
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Number of Pages356 Pages
Publication NameInventing the Feeble Mind: a History of Mental Retardation in the United States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectDisability, History
Publication Year1995
TypeTextbook
AuthorJames W. Trent
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight463 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJames W. Trent
Series TitleMedicine and Society