Title Voices of Pineland : eugenics, social reform, and the legacy of "feeblemindedness" in Maine / by Stephen T. Murphy

Published Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Publishing, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) : illustrations (some color), portrait Contents Introduction -- National context surrounding Maine's School for "Feeble-minded" -- Opening the institutional doors -- Eugenics, racism, and sterilization -- Continuing fears, legalized surgery, and institutional acceleration -- Receding eugenic influence : persisting policies -- Institutional exodus and expose -- From medical to legal : class action, consent decrees, and controversy -- Compliance debates and closure wars -- Contemporary reform and continuing legacy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.) -- History SUBJECT Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.) Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.) fast Subject Intellectual disability facilities -- Maine -- History People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Maine -- History Residential Facilities -- history Persons with Mental Disabilities -- history Institutionalization -- history Eugenics -- history History, 20th Century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Intellectual disability facilities People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care SUBJECT Maine Subject Maine Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2011010593 ISBN 9781617354168 1617354163

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