The girls and boys of Belchertown : a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded

The girls and boys of Belchertown : a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded / Robert Hornick.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hornick, Robert N. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Belchertown State School > History > 20th century.
Belchertown State School
1900-1999
People with mental disabilities > Institutional care > Massachusetts > History > 20th century.
Children with mental disabilities > Education > Massachusetts > History > 20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Children with mental disabilities > Education
People with mental disabilities > Institutional care
Massachusetts
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings
  • "Idiots for life"; the language of state care
  • The officer and the dentist
  • Working at the state school
  • Family and friends
  • The tragedy of Belchertown
  • Endings
  • Ghosts and graveyards.

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