Inventing the Feeble Mind

Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Medicine and Society) [Kindle Edition]

Author: James W. Trent Jr. | Language: English | ISBN: B003AU4G3Y | Format: PDF, EPUB

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

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• File Size: 4600 KB
• Print Length: 356 pages
• Publisher: University of California Press (November 30, 1990)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B003AU4G3Y
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• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #432,476 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

I spent a good deal of time in libraries looking for information that was ALL CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK. Trent does an amazing job of piecing together a social/medical history of mental retardation. No medical book, no first person type accounts, no histories of institutionalization touched this book. This book draws from all the different disciplines to present a complete picture (as good history books do). It is highly readable and engaging. It's academic and rigorous yet entertaining. I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

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James Trent has written an excellent comprehensive history of mental retardation in the U.S. Readers will also find pertinent photographs, and a full bibiography. This volume is a resource for students, human-services professionals, and historians. I highly recommend it.

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