Why I burned my book and other essays on disability /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Paul K. Longmore.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Philadelphia :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Temple University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2003.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (ix, 278 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
American subjects
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1. Disability watch -- 2. The life of Randolph Bourne and the need for a history of disabled people -- 3. Uncovering the hidden history of disabled people -- 4. The league of the physically handicapped and the great depression : a case study in the new disability history -- 5. The disability rights moment : activism in the 1970s and beyond -- 6. Film reviews -- 7. Screening stereotypes : images of disabled people in television and motion pictures -- 8. Elizabeth Bouvia, assisted suicide, and social prejudice -- 9. The resistance : the disability rights movement and assisted suicide -- 10. Medical decision making and people with disabilities : a clash of cultures -- 11. The second phase : from disability rights to disability culture -- 12. Princeton and Peter Singer -- 13. Why I burned my book.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"'Personal inclination made me a historian. Personal encounter with public policy made me an activist.'"
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Why I burned my book and other essays on disability.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
People with disabilities-- Civil rights-- United States-- History.
People with disabilities in motion pictures.
People with disabilities-- United States-- History.