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Autore |
O'Brien Gerald V |
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Titolo |
Framing the moron : the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era |
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Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Disabled Persons |
History |
Health Care Economics and Organizations |
Sociology |
Sterilization, Reproductive |
Patient Care |
Health Services |
Humanities |
Urogenital Surgical Procedures |
Health Care |
Social Sciences |
Therapeutics |
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Surgical Procedures, Operative |
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services |
Eugenics |
Institutionalization |
Social Control, Formal |
Mentally Disabled Persons |
Sterilization, Involuntary |
Sociology & Social History |
Family & Marriage |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated. |
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