Encyclopedia of American Disability History (Facts on File Library of American History) By Susan, Ph.D. Burch, Paul K., Ph.D. Longmore
Publisher: Facts on File 2009-08-30 | 1200 Pages | ISBN: 081607030X | PDF | 14.7 MB
Like race and gender, disability history has recently become a critical field of study in examining our nation's heritage. Sparked by the disability rights movement of the late 20th century, disability history both expands and challenges the traditional American narrative of self-reliance, individualism, and opportunity and yields new understandings of such bedrock American values as community, family, and citizenship…