The ugly laws : disability in public / Susan M. Schweik.

  • Schweik, Susan M. (Susan Marie), 1956-
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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Publication/Creation

New York : New York University, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

pages ; cm.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-404) and index.

Contents

Producing the unsightly -- Getting ugly -- The law in context -- The law in language -- Dissimulations -- Gender, sexuality, and the ugly law -- Immigration, ethnicity, and the ugly law -- Race, segregation, and the ugly law -- The right to the city -- Rehabilitating the unsightly -- All about ugly laws (for ten cents).

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    History of Medicine
    NH.T.6
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ISBN

  • 9780814740576
  • 081474057X
  • 9780814740880
  • 081474088X