Disability as a Social Construct : Legislative Roots / / Claire H. Liachowitz

• Autore: Liachowitz Claire H.
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]; ©1989
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (152 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.73013
• Soggetto topico: Sociological jurisprudence; People with disabilities - United States - History; People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc - United States - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.; Revision of thesis (Ph. D.)--Bryn Mawr College.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. [114]-131.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: Wounded 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disability as a Social Construct
• ISBN: 1-283-21181-5; 9786613211811; 0-8122-0262-7; 0-585-11633-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454661003321
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