03216nam 22007095 450 991096258870332120250416194939.0978661321181197812832118191283211815978081220262508122026279780585116334058511633410.9783/9780812202625(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(Perlego)732884(EXLCZ)9911100436859337620200623h20101989 fg engurcn|||||||||txtccrDisability as a Social Construct Legislative Roots /Claire H. Liachowitz1st ed.Philadelphia :University of Pennsylvania Press,[2010]©19891 online resource (152 p.)Includes index.Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--Bryn Mawr College.9780812281347 0812281349 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, adults with disabilities, 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 StatesHistorySociological jurisprudence.People with disabilitiesHistory.People with disabilitiesLegal status, laws, etc.History.346.73013Liachowitz Claire H.authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1811134DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910962588703321Disability as a Social Construct4362808UNINA