Disability as a Social Construct : : Legislative Roots / / Claire H. Liachowitz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection
• VerfasserIn: Liachowitz, Claire H.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER 1. Introduction --; CHAPTER 2. Disability and Human Capital: Wounded Soldiers --; CHAPTER 3. Disability and Injury: Workmen's Compensation --; CHAPTER 4. Disability and Charity: Rehabilitation for Civilians --; CHAPTER 5. Disability and Education: Physically Handicapped Children --; CHAPTER 6. Conclusions: Policy Implications --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780812202625; 9783110413458; 9783110413526; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9780812202625
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Claire H. Liachowitz.

Wounded soldiers, injured workers, handicapped adults, and physically impaired children have all been affected by legislation that reduces their opportunities to live a functional life. In Disability as a Social Construct, Claire Liachowitz contends that disability is not merely a result of a handicap but can be imposed by society through devaluation and segregation of people who deviate from physical norms. She analyzes pertinent American legislation, primarily from 1770 to 1920, to provide a new perspective on the mechanisms that translate physical defects into social and civil inferiority.