Trent, James W.

Inventing the feeble mind a history of mental retardation in the United States James W. Trent, Jr. - Berkeley University of California Press c1994. - xii, 356 p. ill. 23 cm. - Medicine and society 6 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-345) and index.

0520082435 (alk. paper)

93032239


People with mental disabilities--History.--United States
Social conditions--history--United States.
Institutionalization--history--United States.
Mental Retardation--history--United States.
People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--History.--United States
Mental Retardation--History.--United States

HV3006.A4 / T74 1994

362.3/0973

W1 ME6490 v. 6 1994 WM 11 AA1 T7i 1994