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Pennhurst and the Struggle for Disability Rights
Av Dennis B. Downey, James W. Conroy
Inbunden, 2020
441 kr
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Conceived in the era of eugenics as a solution to what was termed the “problem of the feeble-minded,” state-operated institutions subjected people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to a life of compulsory incarceration. One of nearly 300 such facilities in the United States, …
Season of Renewal
The Columbian Exposition and Victorian America
Inbunden, 2001
1095 kr
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This study offers an engaging reassessment of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (the Columbian Exposition), generally regarded as the preeminent civic pageant in Victorian America. Based on exhaustive research, Downey uses the Exposition as a representative cultural symbol to challenge established …
Guide to the History of Pennsylvania
Av Francis J. Bremer, Dennis B. Downey m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
909 kr
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From William Penn's treaty with the Indians, to the suffering of troops at Valley Forge, the gallantry at Gettysburg, and the early development of the petroleum industry, Pennsylvania has often been at center stage in the evolution of the nation. Yet despite this record, the historical literature …
Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker: Death in a Pennsylvania Steel Town
Av Dennis B. Downey, Raymond M. Hyser
Inbunden, 2011
375 kr
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Becoming Roland Johnson
An African American Journey in Disability Rights
Häftad, 2027
239 kr
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Roland Johnson (1945–1994) grew up in a large African American working-class family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As he grew up, he developed a range of worrisome personal behaviors, included self-injury, aggression toward others, overeating, and a willful defiance of authority. Local school …
