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
Summary
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
Notes
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Bryn Mawr College
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-131) and index
