TY  - BOOK
AU  - Liachowitz,Claire H.
TI  - Disability as a Social Construct: Legislative Roots 
SN  - 9780812281347
U1  - 346.73013 
PY  - 2010///]
CY  - Philadelphia : 
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press, 
KW  - Disabled Persons
KW  - legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - LAW
KW  - Disability
KW  - People with disabilities
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
KW  - History
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - Sociological jurisprudence
KW  - Human Rights
KW  - LAW / Disability
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Law
KW  - Political Science
KW  - Public Policy
N1  - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER 1. Introduction --; CHAPTER 2. Disability and Human Capital: Wounded Soldiers --; CHAPTER 3. Disability and Injury: Workmen's Compensation --; CHAPTER 4. Disability and Charity: Rehabilitation for Civilians --; CHAPTER 5. Disability and Education: Physically Handicapped Children --; CHAPTER 6. Conclusions: Policy Implications --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority
UR  - https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812202625
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