Scapegoat : how we are failing disabled people
Quarmby, Katharine2011
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Katharine Quarmby looks behind the headlines to trace the history of disability & our discomfort with disabled people, from Greek & Roman culture through the industrial revolution & the origins of Britain's asylum system to the eugenics movement & the Holocaust, & the grim effects of Britain's hapless 'community care' initiative.
Main title:
Scapegoat : how we are failing disabled people / Katharine Quarmby [sic].
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Imprint:
London : Portobello, 2011.
Collation:
280 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846273216 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
1771095
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