Paul K. Longmore

''Personal inclination made me a historian. Personal encounter with public policy made me an activist.''

Why I Burned My Book and Other Essays on Disability

Lauri Umansky

A glimpse into the struggle of the disabled for identity and society's perception of the disabled traces the disabled's fight for rights from the antebellum era to present controversies over access.

American Perspectives

The New Disability History

This is a paper edition reprint of study originally published in 1988 by the U. of California Press. The title refers to the historical process by which Washington was made into a heroic myth by the American people, and also to discussion of Washington's own active role in the process--evidence of his strong talent, often overlooked, as a political actor. The author is a historian affiliated with San Francisco State University. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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