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Author:

Wright, David, 1965-

Title:

Downs : the history of a disability / David Wright.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xiii, 239 p. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Down syndrome.
Down syndrome--History.
Down syndrome--History.--Care--History.
Political planning.
Quality of life.
Down Syndrome--History.
Disabled Persons--rehabilitation.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.
Social Support.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The philosopher's idiot -- Mongols in our midst -- The simian crease -- Trisomie vingt-et-un -- Into the mainstream.

Summary:

For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognizable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. This book looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferers from Medieval Europe to the present day.

ISBN:

019956793X
9780199567935 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)747833878

LCCN:

2011288099

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)