UID:
edocfu_9961520230702883
Format:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-8229-7666-8
Series Statement:
Russian and East European Studies
Content:
The essays in this collection chronicle the responses of the Soviet state and society to a variety of disabled groups and disabilities.
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Historical Essays -- Societal Responses to Mental Disorders in Prerevolutionary Russia / Julie V. Brown -- The Origins of Defectology / William O. McCagg -- The Vygotskian Tradition in Soviet Psychological Study of Deaf Children / Jane E. Knox and Alex Kozulin -- Industrial Accidents and Their Prevention in the Interwar Period / Lewis Siegelbaum -- The Stalinist Mentality and the Treatment of Schizophrenia / David Joravsky -- Images of the Disabled, Especially the War Wounded, in Soviet Literature / Vera Dunham -- II. The Contemporary Scene -- Programs for the Disabled in the USSR / Bernice Madison -- Everyday Life of the Disabled in the USSR / Stephen P. Dunn and Ethel Dunn -- Disability as Dissidence: The Action Group to Defend the Rights of the Disabled in the USSR / Paul D. Raymond -- Dissidence as Disability: The Medicalization of Dissidence in Soviet Russia / Mark G. Field -- Attitudinal Change in Eastern Europe: The Case of György Konrád / William O. McCagg -- Conclusion / William O. McCagg and Lewis Siegelbaum -- Notes on Contributors.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8229-8522-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8229-3622-4
Language:
English
