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Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Medicine and Society) (Paperback)

by JW Trent (Author) "All postrevolutionary Americans knew feebleminded people ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 356 pages
  • Publisher: University of California Press; New Ed edition (17 Jan 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0520203577
  • ISBN-13: 978-0520203570
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 14.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This text uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports and photographs to explore changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. It argues 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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5.0 out of 5 stars This was the best book on this topic I ever read., 25 Sep 1998
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I spent a good deal of time in libraries looking for information that was ALL CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK. Trent does an amazing job of piecing together a social/medical history of mental retardation. No medical book, no first person type accounts, no histories of institutionalization touched this book. This book draws from all the different disciplines to present a complete picture (as good history books do). It is highly readable and engaging. It's academic and rigorous yet entertaining. I recommend this book wholeheartedly.
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