Feeble Mindedness

Author : James Trent
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199396205
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventing the Feeble Mind written by James Trent and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pity, disgust, fear, cure, and prevention--all are words that Americans have used to make sense of what today we call intellectual disability. Inventing the Feeble Mind explores the history of this disability from its several identifications over the past 200 years: idiocy, imbecility, feeblemindedness, mental defect, mental deficiency, mental retardation, and most recently intellectual disability. Using institutional records, private correspondence, personal memories, and rare photographs, James Trent argues that the economic vulnerability of intellectually disabled people (and often their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual and social limitations, has shaped meaning, services, and policies in United States history.

Author : Steven Noll
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9780807845318
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feeble-minded in Our Midst written by Steven Noll and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steven Noll traces the history and development of institutions for the mentally handicapped in the South between 1900 and 1940. He examines the influences of gender, race, and class in the institutionalization process and relates policies in the South to those in the North and Midwest, regions that had established similar institutions much earlier. In addition, Noll creates a vivid portrait of life and work within institutions and the impact of institutionalization on patients and their families. At the center of the story is the debate between the humanitarians, who advocated institutionalization as a way of protecting and ministering to the mentally deficient, and public policy adherents, who were primarily interested in controlling and isolating perceived deviants. According to Noll, these conflicting ideologies meant that most southern institutions were founded without a clear mission or an understanding of their relationship to southern society at large.

Author : Gerald O'Brien
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526103435
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Framing the moron written by Gerald O'Brien and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people are shocked upon discovering that tens of thousands of innocent persons in the United States were involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated within the course of the eugenic movement (1900–30). Such social control efforts are easier to understand when we consider the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric propagandists invoke to frame their potential victims. This book details the major rhetorical themes employed within the context of eugenic propaganda, drawing largely on original sources of the period. Early in the twentieth century the term “moron” was developed to describe the primary targets of eugenic control. This book demonstrates how the image of moronity in the United States was shaped by eugenicists. This book will be of interest not only to disability and eugenic scholars and historians, but to anyone who wants to explore the means by which pejorative metaphors are used to support social control efforts against vulnerable community groups.

Author : Henry Herbert Goddard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feeble-mindedness written by Henry Herbert Goddard and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report on work done at the Vineland research laboratory during the past five years."-Pref.

Author : Henry Herbert Goddard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Author : Henry Herbert Goddard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 706 pages
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Download or read book Feeble-mindedness written by Henry Herbert Goddard and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report on work done at the Vineland research laboratory during the past five years."-Pref.

Author : Henry Herbert Goddard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Download or read book Heredity of Feeble-mindedness written by Henry Herbert Goddard and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. C. Scheerenberger
Publisher : Brookes Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of Mental Retardation written by R. C. Scheerenberger and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 1987 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven Noll
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469647702
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feeble-Minded in Our Midst written by Steven Noll and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of how to treat the mentally handicapped attracted much attention from American reformers in the first half of the twentieth century. In this book, Steven Noll traces the history and development of institutions for the 'feeble-minded' in the South between 1900 and 1940. He examines the influences of gender, race, and class in the institutionalization process and relates policies in the South to those in the North and Midwest, regions that had established similar institutions much earlier. At the center of the story is the debate between the humanitarians, who advocated institutionalization as a way of protecting and ministering to the mentally deficient, and public policy adherents, who were primarily interested in controlling and isolating perceived deviants. According to Noll, these conflicting ideologies meant that most southern institutions were founded without a clear mission or an understanding of their relationship to southern society at large. Noll creates a vivid portrait of life and work within institutions throughout the South and the impact of institutionalization on patients and their families. He also examines the composition of the population labeled feeble-minded and demonstrates a relationship between demographic variables and institutional placement, including their effect on the determination of a patient's degree of disability. Originally published in 1995. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Author : Henry Herbert Goddard
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781377890852
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feeble-Mindedness: Its Causes and Consequences written by Henry Herbert Goddard and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.