Kim E Nielsen
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability History of the United States is the first book to place the experiences of people with disabilities at the center of the American narrative. Throughout the book, historian and disability scholar Kim E. Nielsen deftly illustrates how concepts of disability have deeply shaped the American...