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The girls and boys of Belchertown : a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hornick, Robert N. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Belchertown State School > History > 20th century.
Children with mental disabilities > Education > Massachusetts > History > 20th century.
People with mental disabilities > Institutional care > Massachusetts > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings
  • "Idiots for life"; the language of state care
  • The officer and the dentist
  • Working at the state school
  • Family and friends
  • The tragedy of Belchertown
  • Endings
  • Ghosts and graveyards.