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Why I Burned My Book : Paul K. Longmore. and other essays on disability /

By: Material type: TextSeries: American subjectsPublication details: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2003.Description: ix, 278 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1592130232 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1592130240 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.908160973 22 LON
Contents:
Foreword / Robert Dawidoff -- 1. Analyses and Reconstructions -- 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 -- 2. Images and Reflections -- 6. Film Reviews -- 7. Screening Stereotypes: Images of Disabled People in Television and Motion Pictures -- 3. Ethics and Advocacy -- 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 -- 4. Protests and Forecasts -- 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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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Hamu Mukasa Library Closed Access l Short Loan; Level 1 305.908160973 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) In transit from Hamu Mukasa Library to Hamu Mukasa Library - Law and Science section; Level 3 since 07.06.2018 114423

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Robert Dawidoff -- 1. Analyses and Reconstructions -- 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 -- 2. Images and Reflections -- 6. Film Reviews -- 7. Screening Stereotypes: Images of Disabled People in Television and Motion Pictures -- 3. Ethics and Advocacy -- 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 -- 4. Protests and Forecasts -- 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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