2012 C2012 Type Books Physical description xxiii, 216 p.
I think it's just caring : rights and rights denies, 1968- Summary Covers the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present. Object Details Author Nielsen, Kim E Contents The spirit chooses the body it will occupy : indigenous North America, pre-1492 - The poor, vicious, and infirm : Colonial communities, 1492-1700 - The miserable wretches were then thrown into the sea : the late Colonial era, 1700-1776 - The deviant and the dependent : creating citizens, 1776-1865 - I am disabled, and must go at something else besides hard labor : the institutionalization of disability, 1865-1890 - Three generations of imbeciles are enough : the Progressive Era, 1890-1927 - We don't want tin cups : laying the groundwork, 1927-1968 - I guess I'm an activist. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art.
This work fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation's past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all. Included are narratives of blinded slaves being thrown overboard and women being involuntarily sterilized, as well as triumphant accounts of disabled miners organizing strikes and disability rights activists picketing Washington. Throughout the book, he illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American experience from deciding who was allowed to immigrate to establishing labor laws and justifying slavery and gender discrimination. As the author, a historian and disability scholar argues, to understand disability history isn't to narrowly focus on a series of individual triumphs but rather to examine mass movements and pivotal daily events through the lens of varied experiences. This work pulls from primary-source documents and social histories to retell American history through the eyes, words, and impressions of the people who lived it. Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation’s past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all. Nielsen (review) Groundbreaking is not typically a term used to describe a short and. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy. Request PDF A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. A Disability History of the United States by Kim E.
In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of U.S. It places the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to. Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Buy a copy of A Disability History of the United States book by Kim E. The absence of pity of any sort from Kim E. disability history, from pre-1492 to the present.
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