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Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Medicine and Society)

paperback – December 19, 1995
by Trent, James W.
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ISBN-13: 9780520203570 ISBN-10: 0520203577
Publisher
University of California Press
Binding
paperback
Published
December 19, 1995
Weight
1.2 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×2.50×15.90 cm

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Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (Medicine and Society) by Trent, James W.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520203570.

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 people (and their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual or social limitations, has determined their institutional treatment.