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1 online resource (446 pages) |
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The History of Disability |
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History of disability series.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: THE EMERGENCE OF THE UGLY LAWS; 1 Producing the Unsightly; 2 Getting Ugly; 3 The Law in Context; 4 The Law in Language; 5 Dissimulations; II: AT THE UNSIGHTLY INTERSECTION; 6 Gender, Sexuality, and the Ugly Law; 7 Immigration, Ethnicity, and the Ugly Law; 8 Race, Segregation, and the Ugly Law; III: THE END OF THE UGLY LAWS; 9 The Right to the City; 10 Rehabilitating the Unsightly; 11 All about Ugly Laws (for Ten Cents); Conclusion; Appendix: The Ugly Laws; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S |
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TU; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author |
| Summary |
In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipallaws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral example of discrimination, these "ugly laws" have become a sort of shorthand for oppression in disability studies, law, and the arts. In this watershed study of the ugly laws, Susan M. Schweik uncovers the murky history behind the laws, situating the varied legislation in its historical context and exploring in detail what the laws meant. Illustrating how the laws join the history of the di |
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Print version record |
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Beggars -- United States -- History
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People with disabilities -- United States -- History
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History
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Beggars -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History
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HISTORY -- Social History.
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Beggars
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Beggars -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation
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People with disabilities
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814708873 |
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0814708870 |
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