Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States by James W. Trent

Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States

James W. Trent

356 pages 1990

3 editions

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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James W. Trent uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports, and rare photographs to explore our changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. He contends that the economic vulnerability of mentally retarded ...

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