Disability Servitude [electronic resource] : From Peonage to Poverty / by Ruthie-Marie Beckwith.

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Beckwith, Ruthie-Marie [author.]

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Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: XXI, 184 p. online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781137540317

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500 23

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In: Springer eBooksSummary: Disability Servitude traces the history of peonage unpaid, forced labor by people with disabilities in public and private institutions. Describing the work they performed and lawsuits filed to get paid, it links that history with the continued segregation and exploitation of workers with disabilities that are paid far less than minimum wage.

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Disability Servitude traces the history of peonage unpaid, forced labor by people with disabilities in public and private institutions. Describing the work they performed and lawsuits filed to get paid, it links that history with the continued segregation and exploitation of workers with disabilities that are paid far less than minimum wage.

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