Social Control of the Mentally Deficient

New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1930. First Edition. Navy cloth octavo with gilt spine title; tan jacket with navy text; illustrations; index; 389p A very good + copy with clean pages and solid binding; signature slightly loose at one juncture; front board has mild crease/bend (bindery flaw) to upper right corner and some light bumping to corners and some shelfwear to head and foot of spine; small prior owner signature in ink to front endpaper; jacket is very good (-) with some chipping at head and foot of spine and some wear to corners; else clean and unmarked. See photos for more details. Hardcover.

Scarce. A document from a different era in the treatment and language surrounding special needs and disabilities. Part of the Crowell's Social Science Series. From the jacket: "The nature of the mental defect, its possible extent in the United States, the problems to which it gives rise, and the measures whereby it can be brought under social control are treated in this volume. The discussion is based on an examination of the best evidence relative to the subject, and may be accepted as authoritative, It clearly shows how the troublesome problems in this field can be treated in the interests of society at large and of mental defectives themselves. Moreover, in describing the results achieved through the deliberate control of conditions affecting mental defectives, this volume throws considerable light on the time-honored question of the parts played, in development, by hereditary and environmental influences respectively.".