Feeble-minded in Our Midst

Institutions for the Mentally Retarded in the South, 1900-1940

• Author(s): Steven Noll,
• Publisher: UNC Press Books
• Pages: 254
• ISBN_10: 0807845310
  ISBN_13: 9780807845318
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / United States / 20th Century , History / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare ,

Description:... The problem of how to treat the mentally handicapped attracted much attention from American reformers in the first half of the twentieth century. In this book, Steven Noll traces the history and development of institutions for the 'feeble-minded' in the S