A disability history of the United States

Uitgeverij: Onbekend
Uitvoering: Gebonden
Taal: Engels
Aantal Pagina's: 272
Afmetingen: 280x390x40
Verschijningsdatum: Onbekend
EAN: 9780807022023
Categorie:
Divers
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Samenvatting

Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of who we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. 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. IN many ways, it is a familiear telling. In other ways, however, it is a radical repositioning of US history. By doing so, the book casts new light on familiar stories, such as slavery and immigration, while breaking ground about the ties between nativism and oralism in the late nineteenth century and the role of ableism in the development of democracy.