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Abstract / Summary

The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. Throughout the book, historian and disability scholar Kim E. Nielsen deftly illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American experience-from deciding who was allowed to immigrate and establishing labor laws to justifying slavery and gender discrimination. Included are absorbing-at times horrific-narratives of blinded slaves being thrown overboard and women being involuntarily sterilized, as well as triumphant accounts of disabled miners organizing strikes and disability rights activists picketing Washington. Engrossing and profound, A Disability History of the United States fundamentally reinterprets how we view our nation’s past: from a stifling master narrative to a shared history that encompasses us all.

Field of Interest

Disability Studies

Author

Kim Nielsen, fl. 2005

Publisher

Beacon Press

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2012 by Beacon Press

Content Type

Book

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Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2012

Page Count

241

Publication Year

2012

Publisher

Beacon Press

Place Published / Released

Boston, MA

Subject

Disability Studies, Diversity, Advocacy and Rights, Independence, Education, & Accessibility, Legislation and Politics, War, Industry, and Technology, Cultural change and history, Government policy, Disabilities, Cultural views, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Accessibility and Independence, History of Care, Independência, Educação e Acessibilidade, Independencia, Educación y Accesibilidad, Education, Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política, Guerra, Industria y Tecnología, Guerra, Indústria e Tecnologia, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, United States, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928), The Sixties (1960–1974), The Gilded Age & Progressive Era (1876–1913), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), Reconstruction (1866–1876), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Late 20th Century (1975–2000), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Early National Era (1790–1828), Discovery and Exploration (1492–1650), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Colonial Era (1650–1765), Civil War (1860–1865), Pre-Columbian Americas, to 1492

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Accessibility and Independence, History of Care, Independência, Educação e Acessibilidade, Independencia, Educación y Accesibilidad, Education, Politics and Legislation, Compliance and Regulations, Government, Legislación y Política, Legislação e Política, Guerra, Industria y Tecnología, Guerra, Indústria e Tecnologia, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos