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Author Schweik, Susan M. (Susan Marie), 1956-

Title The ugly laws [electronic resource] : disability in public / Susan M. Schweik.

Imprint New York : New York University, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 431 p. : ill.
Series The history of disability
History of disability series.
Bibliography 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).
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History.
Beggars -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History.
Discrimination against people with disabilities -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
People with disabilities -- United States -- History.
Beggars -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780814740576 (cloth : alk. paper)
081474057X (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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