Disability servitude [electronic resource] : from peonage to poverty / Ruthie-Marie Beckwith.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beckwith, Ruthie-Marie
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:
People with disabilities > Employment.
Peonage.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
EBSCO eBooks: 2016 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Disability Servitude: From Peonage to Poverty
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Foreword / by James W. Conroy, Ph.D
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Institutionalized peonage and involuntary servitude
  • Fighting forest fires : the lost heritage of competence and contribution
  • The peonage cases
  • The aftermath
  • The peculiar institution of sub-minimum wage
  • Institutional peonage and involuntary servitude in segregated "employment" settings
  • Perpetuation of peonage and poverty in the 21st century
  • Conclusions: stone buildings and stone walls
  • References.