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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Read it, fascinating, SOLD it. ( ) Journalists who turn to writing book-length nonfiction are often out of their element, and D'Antonio is no different. The style in which the story is presented draws on cliche and shows a lack of artistry or even good judgment about what to include and what to omit. However, this book may be of interest to anyone living in Massachusetts, or who are interested in the history of institutionalization in mental health, IQ testing, and ethics in research. The story traces familiar ground: how those charged with caretaking of others in institutional settings are often tempted to take advantage of that power to exploit and manipulate; the often lifelong effects of such exploitation; and the problems inherent in incarcerating people deemed unable to care for themselves. A clearly-written documentation of the plight of children who ended up in the state-run juvenile welfare institutions in the 1940s. Often these boys were institutionalized for being rebellious kids, or being poor and unwanted by their parents. The book tells much about the misuse of the IQ test (and the factors that could lead to a low score without really reflecting the person's intelligence and abilities). It also told the stories of the abuse faced by these boys. I thought a lot about how much chance in involved in someone's life "success." Although I was inspired by some fo the boys who fought back against the institution in later life, I really felt despair at the ways in which people can find any reason to exercise power over others. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells the amazing story of how a group of imprisoned boys won their freedom, found justice, and survived one of the darkest and least-known episodes of American history. In the early twentieth century, United States health officials used IQ tests to single out "feebleminded" children and force them into institutions where they were denied education, sterilized, drugged, and abused. Under programs that ran into the 1970s, more than 250,000 children were separated from their families, although many of them were merely unwanted orphans, truants, or delinquents. The State Boys Rebellion conveys the shocking truth about America's eugenic era through the experiences of a group of boys held at the Fernald State School in Massachusetts starting in the late 1940s. In the tradition of Erin Brockovich, it recounts the boys' dramatic struggle to demand their rights and secure their freedom. It also covers their horrifying discovery many years later that they had been fed radioactive oatmeal in Cold War experiments -- and the subsequent legal battle that ultimately won them a multimillion-dollar settlement. Meticulously researched through school archives, previously sealed papers, and interviews with the surviving State Boys, this deft exposé is a powerful reminder of the terrifying consequences of unchecked power as well as an inspiring testament to the strength of the human spirit. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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