Framing the Moron: The Social Construction of Feeble-Mindedness in the American Eugenic Era Paperback Manchester University Press
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Framing the Moron: The Social Construction of Feeble-Mindedness in the American Eugenic Era Paperback Manchester University Press

Framing the Moron: The Social Construction of Feeble-Mindedness in the American Eugenic Era

Manchester University Press
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Descripción

Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated.

Author: Gerald O'Brien
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 01/04/2016
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781784991074
ISBN10: 1784991074
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- History | Social History
- History | United States | 20th Century

About the Author

Gerald V. O'Brien is Professor of Social Work at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville