Voices of Pineland : eugenics, social reform, and the legacy of "feeblemindedness" in Maine / by Stephen T. Murphy.
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TextPublisher: Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Publishing, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (xi, 273 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraitContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781617354168
- 1617354163
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.) -- History
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Pineland Hospital and Training Center (New Gloucester, Me.)
- Intellectual disability facilities -- Maine -- History
- People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Maine -- History
- Residential Facilities -- history
- Persons with Mental Disabilities -- history
- Institutionalization -- history
- Eugenics -- history
- History, 20th Century
- Maine
- Équipements pour personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle -- Maine -- Histoire
- Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare
- Intellectual disability facilities
- People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care
- Maine
- 362.3/850974191 22
- HV3006.M22 M87 2011eb
- 2011 K-418
- WM 28 AM2
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- National context surrounding Maine's School for "Feeble-minded" -- Opening the institutional doors -- Eugenics, racism, and sterilization -- Continuing fears, legalized surgery, and institutional acceleration -- Receding eugenic influence : persisting policies -- Institutional exodus and expose -- From medical to legal : class action, consent decrees, and controversy -- Compliance debates and closure wars -- Contemporary reform and continuing legacy.
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