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Author Beckwith, Ruthie-Marie.

Title Disability servitude : from peonage to poverty / Ruthie-Marie Beckwith.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  331.59 B389d 2016    ---  Available
1 copy being processed for Axe Acquisitions Order.
Description xix, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-177) and index.
Contents Foreword / by James W. Conroy, Ph. D -- Preface -- Introduction -- Institutionalized peonage and involuntary servitude -- Fighting forest fires : the lost heritage of competence and contribution -- The peonage cases -- The aftermath -- The peculiar institution of sub-minimum wage -- Institutional peonage and involuntary servitude in segregated "employment" settings -- Perpetuation of peonage and poverty in the 21st century -- Conclusions: stone buildings and stone walls -- References.
Subject People with disabilities -- Employment.
Peonage.
Peonage. (OCoLC)fst01057233
People with disabilities -- Employment. (OCoLC)fst01057275
ISBN 9781137540300 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1137540303 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
9781137540324 (E-PUB)
9781137540317 (EPDF)

 
    
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