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The ugly laws : disability in public
- Author / Creator
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- Creator
- Susan M. Schweik
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University, [2009]
- ©2009
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814708873, 081474057X, 9780814740880, 9781441622914, 0814783619, 1441622918, 0814708870, 9780814740576, 081474088X
- OCLC
- ocn646824799, ocn271812138
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 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)
Subjects
- 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.