The New Disability History: American Perspectives

The New Disability History: American Perspectives
ISBN-10
0814785638
ISBN-13
9780814785638
Category
Social Science
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2001-03-01
Publisher
NYU Press
Authors
Paul K. Longmore, Lauri Umansky

Description

A glimpse into the struggle of the disabled for identity and society's perception of the disabled traces the disabled's fight for rights from the antebellum era to present controversies over access.

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