Encyclopedia Of American Disability History Q Z

Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Disability History: Q-Z written by Susan Burch and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1049 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work focuses on the importance of disability in American history, the need to explain disability in historical rather than medical terms, and the varieties and similarities of the historical experiences among those with disabilities. It thus succeeds in bringing to the forefront something that has typically gone unnoticed, allowing us to understand America in new ways by looking at it through a specific lens.