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James W. Trent uses public documents, private letters, investigative reports, and rare photographs to explore our changing perceptions of mental retardation over the past 150 years. He contends that the economic vulnerability of mentally retarded people (and their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual or social limitations, has determined their institutional treatment.
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Inventing the Feeble Mind : A History of Mental Retardation in the United States Medicine and Society ; 6
author
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Trent, James W.
publisher
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University of California Press
isbn10 | asin
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0520203577
print isbn13
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9780520203570
ebook isbn13
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9780585079370
language
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English
subject
Mentally handicapped--United States--History, Mental retardation--United States--History, Mentally handicapped--Institutional care--United States--History, Mental Retardation--history--United States, Institutionalization--history--United States, Social Co
publication date
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1994
lcc
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HV3006.A4T74 1994eb
ddc
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362.3/0973
subject
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Mentally handicapped--United States--History, Mental retardation--United States--History, Mentally handicapped--Institutional care--United States--History, Mental Retardation--history--United States, Institutionalization--history--United States, Social Co
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Inventing the Feeble Mind
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MEDICINE AND SOCIETY
Andrew Scull, Editor
This series examines the development of medical knowledge and psychiatric practice from historical and sociological perspectives. The books contribute to a scholarly and critical reflection on the nature and role of medicine and psychiatry in modern societies.
1. Robert Castel, The Regulation of Madness: Origins of Incarceration in France. Translated by W. D. Halls.
2. John R. Sutton, Stubborn Children: Controlling Delinquency in the United States, 16401981.
3. Andrew Scull, Social Order/Mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective.
4. Ian R. Dowbiggin, Inheriting Madness: Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century France.
5. Denise Jodelet, Madness and Social Representations. Translated by Tim Pownall, edited by Gerard Duveen.
6. James W. Trent, Jr., Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States.
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Inventing the Feeble Mind
A History of Mental Retardation in the United States
James W. Trent, Jr.
University of California Press BERKELEY LOS ANGELES LONDON
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University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd. London, England
Copyright 1994 by The Regents of the University of California
First Paperback Printing 1995
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Trent, James W. Inventing the feeble mind : a history of mental retardation in the United States / James W. Trent. p. cm. (Medicine and society; 6) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-20357-7 1. Mentally handicappedUnited StatesHistory. 2. Mental retar dationUnited StatesHistory. 3. Mentally handicappedInstitu tional careUnited StatesHistory. I. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Mental RetardationhistoryUnited States. 2. Insti tutionalizationhistoryUnited States. 3. Social Conditionshis toryUnited States. W1 ME6490 v. 6 1994 / WM 11 AA1 T7i 1994] 362.3'0973dc20 HV3006.A4T74 1994 DNLM/DLC for Library of Congress 93-32239 CIP
Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
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Contents
List of Illustrations
vii
List of Tables
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
1
One Idiots in America
7
Two Edward Seguin and the Irony of Physiological Education
40
Three The Burden of the Feebleminded
60
Four Living and Working in the Institution, 18901920
96
Five The Menace of the Feebleminded
131
Six Sterilization, Parole, and Routinization
184
Seven The Remaking of Mental Retardation: of War, Angels, Parents, and Politicians
225
Epilogue: On Suffering Fools Gladly
269
Notes
279
References
303
Index
347
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Illustrations
Illustrations follow page 224
1. Ward of the Lincoln State School, 1970
2. Bedroom of the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, ca. 1880
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