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The girls and boys of Belchertown

Hornick, Robert N.

The girls and boys of Belchertown a social history of the Belchertown State School for the feeble-minded / [electronic resource] : Robert Hornick. - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781613762080 1613762089


Belchertown State School--History--20th century.


People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--History--Massachusetts--20th century.
Children with mental disabilities--Education--History--Massachusetts--20th century.


Electronic books.

LC4633.B45 / H67 2012

371.9209744