The New Disability History: American Perspectives
- ISBN-10
- 0814785646
- ISBN-13
- 9780814785645
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001-03
- 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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