On the margins of citizenship
Subtitle: intellectual disability and civil rights in twentieth-century America
By: Allison C. Carey.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592136971
Subjects: People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A theory of citizenship and disability; title: Setting the stage : early tensions in citizenship; title: The feebleminded versus the nation : 1900-1930's; title: Professionals and the potentially productive citizen; title: The rise of the parents' movement and the special child; title: Creating the mentally retarded citizen; title: The difficult road of the 1980's; title: Re-imagining retardation, transforming community; title: Conclusion.