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Disability and social policy in Britain since 1750 : a history of exclusion /
By: Borsay, Anne
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Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005Description: 288 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0333912543 (hbk.); 9780333912546:; 0333912551 (pbk.).Subject(s): People with disabilities -- Great Britain -- Social conditions | People with disabilities -- Government policy -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Social policyDDC classification: 362.10941 Summary: Anne Borsay explores experiences of physical and mental impairment in Britain since the industrial revolution. The book's starting point is the exclusion of disabled people from the full rights of citizenship because of their marginality to the labour market. Institutional living and community care are then examined.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Anne Borsay explores experiences of physical and mental impairment in Britain since the industrial revolution. The book's starting point is the exclusion of disabled people from the full rights of citizenship because of their marginality to the labour market. Institutional living and community care are then examined.