The ugly laws
Subtitle: disability in public
By: Susan M. Schweik.
Publisher: New York University
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9780814740576
Subjects: People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History; Beggars -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History; Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; People with disabilities -- United States -- History; Beggars -- United States -- History
Description: In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, municipal laws targeting 'unsightly beggars' sprang up in cities across America. This book uncovers the murky history behind the laws, situating the varied legislation in its historical context and exploring the details of the laws.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Producing the unsight; title: Getting ugly; title: The law in context; title: The law in language; title: Dissimulations; title: Gender, sexuality, and the ugly law; title: Immigration, ethnicity, and the ugly law; title: Race, segregation, and the ugly law; title: The right to the city; title: Rehabilitating the unsightly; title: All about ugly laws, for ten cents.