03175nam 22006855 450 991077897550332120211015020717.01-283-21181-597866132118110-8122-0262-70-585-11633-410.9783/9780812202625(CKB)111004368593376(OCoLC)44965948(CaPaEBR)ebrary10491889(SSID)ssj0000139535(PQKBManifestationID)11146847(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139535(PQKBWorkID)10010218(PQKB)10131149(MdBmJHUP)muse3149(DE-B1597)449117(OCoLC)979954182(DE-B1597)9780812202625(MiAaPQ)EBC3441432(EXLCZ)9911100436859337620200623h20101989 fg engurcn|||||||||txtccrDisability as a Social Construct Legislative Roots /Claire H. LiachowitzPhiladelphia :University of Pennsylvania Press,[2010]©19891 online resource (152 p.)Includes index.Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--Bryn Mawr College.0-8122-8134-9 Bibliography: p. [114]-131.Front matter --CONTENTS --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --PREFACE --CHAPTER 1. Introduction --CHAPTER 2. Disability and Human Capital: Wounded Soldiers --CHAPTER 3. Disability and Injury: Workmen's Compensation --CHAPTER 4. Disability and Charity: Rehabilitation for Civilians --CHAPTER 5. Disability and Education: Physically Handicapped Children --CHAPTER 6. Conclusions: Policy Implications --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEXWounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.Sociological jurisprudencePeople with disabilitiesUnited StatesHistoryPeople with disabilitiesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesHistoryHuman Rights.Law.Political Science.Public Policy.Sociological jurisprudence.People with disabilitiesHistory.People with disabilitiesLegal status, laws, etc.History.346.73013Liachowitz Claire H.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1574977DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910778975503321Disability as a Social Construct3851618UNINA