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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154312003321

Autore

O'Brien Gerald V

Titolo

Framing the moron : the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-78170-589-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Disability history

Disciplina

363.920973

Soggetti

Persons with Disabilities

History

Health Care Economics and Organizations

Sociology

Sterilization, Reproductive

Patient Care

Health Services

Humanities

Urogenital Surgical Procedures

Delivery of Health Care

Social Sciences

Therapeutics

Persons

Names

Surgical Procedures, Operative

Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Eugenics

Institutionalization

Social Control, Formal

Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

Sterilization, Involuntary

Sociology & Social History

Family & Marriage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.