A history of disability in nineteenth-century Scotland / Iain Hutchison ; with a foreword by Rab Houston.

History of disability in 19th century Scotland

History of disability in XIXth century Scotland

Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, [2007], ©2007.

ix, 386 pages, 26 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-360) and index.

List of illustrations -- Foreword / by Rab Houston -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Defining disability -- Recording disability history -- Mental health and the 'great confinement' -- Other 'others' - sensory and physical disablement -- The 'discovery' of 'disability' -- Disability within the context of the Scottish poor laws -- Methodology -- Perceptions of 'other' -- 'Normal' society's perspective -- Standing up to be counted -- The 'other' perspective -- Conclusion -- Literary encounters with people with disabilities -- Disability and popular literature -- The demise of the 'village idiot' -- 'Professionals' in print -- Voices of the people -- Conclusion -- Life in the community -- Caring communities -- Boarding out -- Rejection and alienation -- Independent and integrated -- Conclusion -- A home from home: the role and experience of institutions -- The roles and objectives of institutions -- Custodial attitudes -- The patient's perspective -- Refuge or prison? -- A case of identity -- Conclusion -- People with disabilities in a 'productive society' -- People with disabilities in a changing society -- Dependence and independence -- Training and type-casting -- Work as part of the institutional regime -- Conclusion -- Personal relationships -- Family frameworks of fortitude and fragility -- Emigration and disability -- Opportunities for romance -- The case of Marion Brown -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Census returns as identification of 'other' -- Glasgow Royal Infirmary - examples of amputation resulting from industrial injury, 1864-1879 -- Glasgow Royal Infirmary - examples of amputations resulting from transport accidents, 1866-1881 -- 'Regulations respecting the conduct and employment of the blind admitted into the asylum at Edinburgh' -- Occupation categories of the blind, 1871 -- Bibliography -- Index.