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

• Autore: O'Brien Gerald V
• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 363.920973
• Soggetto topico: Disabled Persons; History; Health Care Economics and Organizations; Sociology; Sterilization, Reproductive; Patient Care; Health Services; Humanities; Urogenital Surgical Procedures; Health Care; Social Sciences; Therapeutics; Persons; Names; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services; Eugenics; Institutionalization; Social Control, Formal; Mentally Disabled Persons; Sterilization, Involuntary; Sociology & Social History; Family & Marriage
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Framing the moron
• ISBN: 1-78170-589-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910154312003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Disability history.