Author: James W. Trent Jr.
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Publisher: University of California Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0520203577
Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Medicine and Society)
James W. Medical books Inventing the Feeble Mind. Trent uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports, and rare photographs to explore our changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years Medical books Inventing the Feeble Mind. Inventing the Feeble Mind
Trent uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports, and rare photographs to explore our changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. He contends that the economic vulnerability of mentally retarded people (and their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual or social limitations, has determined their institutional treatment.
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Inventing the Feeble Mind A History of Mental Retardation in the United States, ISBN-13: 9780520203570, ISBN-10: 0520203577
author james w trent format paperback language english publication year 19 12 1995 series medicine and society s subject history military subject 2 history specific subjects title inventing the feeble mind a history of mental retardation in the united states paper author james w jr trent publisher univ of california pr publication date dec 01 1995 pages 356 binding paperback dimensions 6 25 wx 9 00 hx 1 00 d isbn 0520203577 subject medical history description james w trent uses public document
Medical Book Inventing the Feeble Mind
Trent uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports, and rare photographs to explore our changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. He contends that the economic vulnerability of mentally retarded people (and their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual or social limitations, has determined their institutional treatment.
