The Ugly Laws : Disability in Public.

The Ugly Laws : Disability in Public.

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In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipallaws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to criminalize disability and thus offering a visceral example of discrimination, these "ugly laws" have become a sort of shorthand for op...

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Main Author: Schweik, Susan M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Series:History of disability series.
Subjects:
Beggars > United States > History.
People with disabilities > United States > History.
Discrimination against people with disabilities > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Beggars > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
HISTORY > Social History.
Beggars
Beggars > Legal status, laws, etc.
Discrimination against people with disabilities > Law and legislation
People with disabilities
People with disabilities > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States
History
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