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Disability history, critical disability theory, and disability justice. 90 books for 1990: the year of the Americans with Disabilities Act

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Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris by Asti Hustvedt

Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Asti Hustvedt

384 pages • 2011 • 5 editions

nonfiction history psychology science dark informative medium-paced
Mad, Bad, and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors by Lisa Appignanesi

Mad, Bad, and Sad: Women and the Mind Doctors

Lisa Appignanesi

535 pages • 2007 • 10 editions

nonfiction feminism history psychology informative inspiring slow-paced
Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America by Gregory J. Dober, Judith Lynn Newman, Allen M. Hornblum

Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America

Gregory J. Dober, Judith Lynn Newman, Allen M. Hornblum

288 pages • 2013 • 1 edition

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness by Alisa Roth

Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness

Alisa Roth

320 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction politics psychology dark informative sad medium-paced
When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf by Harlan Lane

When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf

Harlan Lane

560 pages • 1984 • 6 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
A Journey Into the Deaf-World by Harlan Lane

A Journey Into the Deaf-World

Harlan Lane

560 pages • 1996 • 3 editions

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community by Harlan Lane

The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community

Harlan Lane

329 pages • 1992 • 3 editions

nonfiction sociology informative reflective slow-paced
Inside Deaf Culture by Carol Padden, Tom Humphries

Inside Deaf Culture

Carol Padden, Tom Humphries

208 pages • 2005 • 2 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Invention of Miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness by Katie Booth

The Invention of Miracles: language, power, and Alexander Graham Bell's quest to end deafness

Katie Booth

402 pages • 6 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography history science technology
Introduction to American Deaf Culture by Thomas K. Holcomb

Introduction to American Deaf Culture

Thomas K. Holcomb

384 pages • 2012 • 2 editions

nonfiction education sociology emotional informative reflective slow-paced