Handbook of Disability Studies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780761916529)

This path-breaking Handbook of Disability Studies signals the emergence of a vital new area of scholarship, social policy and activism. Drawing on the insights of disability scholars around the world and the creative advice of an international editorial board, the book engages the reader in the critical issues and debates framing disability studies and places them in an historical and cultural context. Five years in the making, this one volume summarizes the ongoing discourse ranging across continents and traditional academic disciplines.

The Handbook answers the need expressed by the disability community for a thought provoking, interdisciplinary, international examination of the vibrant field of disability

Author: Gary L. Albrecht
ISBN-10: 0761916520
ISBN-13: 9780761916529
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2001
Pages: 864
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 4.84lbs
Size: 11.50h x 8.72w x 2.02d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 09/01/2001 pg. 16