Enabling Lives

Brian T. McMahon, Linda R. Shaw (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

1999
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8493-0351-7 (ISBN)

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Offers a look at the disability civil rights movement through a portrayal of the lives of its key leaders. This work provides not only a historical record of key moments in the development of civil rights for individuals with disabilities, but also invites the reader to become acquainted with the individuals who helped to shape the movement.

Enabling Lives provides a look at the disability civil rights movement through an intimate portrayal of the lives of several of its key leaders. Each of the chapters of this book is a separate authorized biography of such prominent figures as Frank Bowe, Tony Coelho, Justin Dart, Judy Heumann, Evan Kemp, and Harold Russell.
Enabling Lives provides not only an accurate historical record of key moments in the development of civil rights for individuals with disabilities, but also invites the reader to become acquainted with the individuals who helped to shape the movement and to view history in the making through the eyes of those who were helping to create it.
Each of the book's subjects has provided countless hours of interviews, recollections and "war stories" into the making of this important work, helping to create a legacy that hopefully will be carried on by the current and future leaders of the movement.

Brian T. McMahon

Introduction 1. Harold Russell 2. Evan Kemp 3. Justin Dart 4. Judy Heumann 5. Frank Bowe 6. Tony Coelho

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.9.1999
Zusatzinfo	17 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	450 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8493-0351-6 / 0849303516
ISBN-13	978-0-8493-0351-7 / 9780849303517
Zustand	Neuware