Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States

Bibliographic Collection:

Anthropogeny

Publication Type: Book

Authors: Trent, James W.

Year of Publication: 1994

Series Title: Medicine and Society

Volume: 6

Number of Pages: 356

Publisher: University of California Press

City: Berkeley

Publication Language: eng

ISBN Number: 0520203570

Keywords: Institutionalization United States, Mental retardation United States, People with mental disabilities United States, Social conditions United States.

Abstract:

James W. 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.

URL: http://lccn.loc.gov/93032239

Label: 1994

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