Disability in Eighteenth-Century England: Imagining Physical Impairment

Drawing on a fascinating variety of sources, this book explores changing attitudes towards physical impairment in eighteenth-century England. It also uncovers the "hidden histories" of people with disabilities from different social backgrounds and examines how experiences of disability were shaped by class and gender.

• | Author: David M. Turner
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 18, 2012
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0415886449
• | ISBN-13: 9780415886444