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Author O'Brien, Gerald, 1958-

Title Framing the moron : the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era / Gerald V. O'Brien
Published Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (x, 203 pages)
Series Disability history
Disability history.
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Eugenics -- Social aspects -- United States
Eugenics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Involuntary sterilization -- United States -- History
Social control.
Dehumanization
Eugenics -- history
Institutionalization -- history
Persons with Mental Disabilities -- history
Social Control, Formal
Sterilization, Involuntary -- history
History Of Medicine.
MEDICAL -- History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Social control.
Eugenics.
Eugenics -- Social aspects.
Involuntary sterilization.
Sociology & Social History.
Social Sciences.
Family & Marriage.
United States.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1781705895
9781781705896
9781526103420
1526103427