Framing the moron : the social construction of feeble-mindedness in the American eugenic era.
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Manchester University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Disability History MUP.
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| Summary: | 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 t. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526103420 1526103427 9781526103437 1526103435 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |