California and the politics of disability, 1850-1970

California and the politics of disability, 1850-1970 / Eileen V. Wallis.

"This book explores the political, legal, medical, and social battles that led to the widespread institutionalization of Californians with disabilities from the gold rush to the 1970s"--

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Main Author: Wallis, Eileen V. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, an imprint of Springer, [2023]
Subjects:
1800-1999
People with disabilities > Care > California > History > 19th century.
People with disabilities > Care > California > History > 20th century.
People with mental disabilities > Care > California > History > 19th century.
People with mental disabilities > Care > California > History > 20th century.
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > California > History > 19th century.
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > California > History > 20th century.
People with disabilities > Care > California > Los Angeles County > Case studies.
People with disabilities > Care
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc.
People with mental disabilities > Care
California
California > Los Angeles County
Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. "Friendless and homeless" : The Gold Rush to 1870
  • 3. "A sin and a shame" : Regional institutional development in the late 19th century
  • 4. "Helpless and delinquent" : The Los Angeles Psychopathic Association
  • 5. "The thankless task" : Parole, eugenics, and the institutionalization of the addicted
  • 6. "Their responsibility" : From the Great Depression to the birth of the community clinic
  • 7. "To promote mental health" : The bureaucracy of disability at midcentury
  • 8. "Whistling in the dark" : California's politics of disability transformed
  • 9. California after the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
  • Conclusion.

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