Little people in America
Subtitle: the social dimension of dwarfism
By: Joan Ablon ; photographs by Daniel Margulies.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Little People of America, Inc; Dwarfs -- United States
Notes: Bibliography: p. 183-189.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Dwarfism and Little People of America -- The literature : psycho-social and social science contexts -- Dwarfism and the social career: sample; settings; early life -- Marriage and children -- Educational achievement and employment -- Physical logistics and health -- Dealing with the “larger” world -- The encounter with LPA -- LPA : the national convention -- Life histories -- The import of LPA in the social career -- Appendix.