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Steven Noll traces the history and development of institutions for the mentally handicapped in the South between 1900 and 1940. He examines the influences of gender, race, and class in the institutionalization process and relates policies in the South to those in the North and Midwest, regions that had established similar institutions much earlier. In addition, Noll creates a vivid portrait of life and work within institutions and the impact of institutionalization on patients and their families.
At the center of the story is the debate between the humanitarians, who advocated institutionalization as a way of protecting and ministering to the mentally deficient, and public policy adherents, who were primarily interested in controlling and isolating perceived deviants. According to Noll, these conflicting ideologies meant that most southern institutions were founded without a clear mission or an understanding of their relationship to southern society at large.
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Feeble-Minded in Our Midst: Institutions for the Mentally Retarded in the South, 1900-1940
2018, University of North Carolina Press
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Feeble-Minded in Our Midst: Institutions for the Mentally Retarded in the South, 1900-1940
January 1996, University of North Carolina Press
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Feeble-Minded in Our Midst: Institutions for the Mentally Retarded in the South, 1900-1940
January 1996, University of North Carolina Press
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Feeble-minded in our midst: institutions for the mentally retarded in the South, 1900-1940
1995, University of North Carolina Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-246) and index.
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