The girls and boys of Belchertown
Subtitle: a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded
By: Robert Hornick
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781558499447; 9781558499430
Subjects: Belchertown State School; Children with mental disabilities; Institutional care; People with mental disabilities; Education; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings; title: "Idiots for life"; the language of state care; title: The officer and the dentist; title: Working at the state school; title: Family and friends; title: The tragedy of Belchertown; title: Endings; title: Ghosts and graveyards.