The ugly laws disability in public / [electronic resource] :
Susan M. Schweik.
- New York : New York University, c2009.
- xii, 431 p. : ill.
- The history of disability .
- History of disability series. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-404) and index.
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).
9780814708873
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--United States Beggars--Legal status, laws, etc.--History.--United States Discrimination against people with disabilities--Law and legislation--History.--United States People with disabilities--History.--United States Beggars--History.--United States