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Framing the Moron: The Social Construction of Feeble-Mindedness in the American Eugenic Era - Disability History Gerald O'Brien
Framing the Moron: The Social Construction of Feeble-Mindedness in the American Eugenic Era - Disability History
Gerald O'Brien
Framing the moron details the variety of dehumanizing and fear-inducing rhetoric employed by the American eugenic movement during the early twentieth century, which led to tens of thousands of innocent people being involuntarily sterilized, forced into institutions, and otherwise maltreated. -- .
224 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 30, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780719087097 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 139 × 225 × 22 mm · 410 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Anderson, Julie |
| Series Editor | Schalick, Walton |