Inventing the Feeble Mind

Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Medicine and Society) Paperback – December 19, 1995

Author: Visit Amazon's James W. Trent Page | Language: English | ISBN: 0520203577 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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"This well-written history of mental retardation documents our changing perceptions of the 'feebleminded.' . . . This is must reading for anyone interested in this vital subject. Replete with shocking photographs and a 40-page reference list. A shattering document."--"Psychoanalytic Books

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James W. Trent, Jr. is Professor of Sociology and Social Work at Gordon College, Wenham Massachusetts. He is also the co-editor of Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader, and the author of The Manliest Man: Samuel G. Howe and the Contours of Nineteenth-Century American Reform.

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Series: Medicine and Society
Paperback: 356 pages
Publisher: University of California Press (December 19, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520203577
ISBN-13: 978-0520203570
Product Dimensions: 1 x 5.9 x 8.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #357,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)