The Ibis

The Ibis
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 862
Release: 1922
Genre: Birds
ISBN:

From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency

From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency
Author: Anne Digby
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002-09-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134831994

From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities have changed dramatically in recent years. The implementation of 'Care in the Community', the campaign for disabled rights and the debate over the education of children with special needs have combined to make this one of the most controversial areas in social policy today. The nine original research essays collected here cover the social history of learning disability from the Middle Ages through the establishment of the National Health Service. They will not only contribute to a neglected field of social and medical history but also illuminate and inform current debates. The information presented here will have a profound impact on how professionals in mental health, psychiatric nursing, social work and disabled rights understand learning disability and society's responses to it over the course of history.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: South Africa. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
Total Pages: 928
Release: 1916
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1092
Release: 1919
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Great Britain, the Dominions and the Transformation of the British Empire, 1907–1931

Great Britain, the Dominions and the Transformation of the British Empire, 1907–1931
Author: Jaroslav Valkoun
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2021-02-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000342948

The relations of Great Britain and its Dominions significantly influenced the development of the British Empire in the late 19th and the first third of the 20th century. The mutual attitude to the constitutional issues that Dominion and British leaders have continually discussed at Colonial and Imperial Conferences respectively was one of the main aspects forming the links between the mother country and the autonomous overseas territories. This volume therefore focuses on the key period when the importance of the Dominions not only increased within the Empire itself, but also in the sphere of the international relations, and the Dominions gained the opportunity to influence the forming of the Imperial foreign policy. During the first third of the 20th century, the British Empire gradually transformed into the British Commonwealth of Nations, in which the importance of Dominions excelled. The work is based on the study of unreleased sources from British archives, a large number of published documents and extensive relevant literature.