From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency: Historical Perspectives on People with Learning Disabilities

Author:   Anne Digby ,  David Wright
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   illustrated edition
ISBN:  

9780415112154


Pages:   252
Publication Date:   10 October 1996
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Anne Digby ,  David Wright
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   illustrated edition
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415112154


ISBN 10:   041511215
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   10 October 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Contexts and Perspectives, Anne Digby; Chapter 2 Mental Handicap in Medieval and Early Modern England, Richard Neugebauer; Chapter 3 Idiocy, the Family and the Community in Early Modern North-East England, Peter Rushton; Chapter 4 Identifying and Providing for the Mentally Disabled in Early Modern london, Jonathan Andrews; Chapter 5 The Psychopolitics of Learning and Disability in Seventeenth-Century Thought, C.F. Goodey; Chapter 6 ‘Childlike in his Innocence’, David Wright; Chapter 7 The Changing Dynamic of Institutional Care, David Gladstone; Chapter 8 Institutional Provision for the Feeble-Minded in Edwardian England, Mark Jachon; Chapter 9 Girls, Deficiency and Delinquency, Pamela Cox; Chapter 10 Family, Community, and State, Mathew Thomson;

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'This book helps to fill an enormous gap in social history.' - University of Salford 'A good resource for students. It brings together an overview of changing perceptions, terminology, attitudes and provisions over centuries.' - Dorothy Atkinson, The Open University 'This book is an excellent resource for anyone involved in supporting people with learning disabilities.' - Nursing Times 'Some fascinating and also very moving descriptions.' - Community Care


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David Wright is Wellcome Lecturer in the History of Medicine at the University of Nottingham., Anne Digby is Professor of Social History at Oxford Brookes University.

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