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  • Slouch

    Posture Panic in Modern America

    by Beth Linker ...
    The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century’s worth of nude “posture” photos of college students. In this riveting history, Beth Linker tells why these photos were only a ... Read more

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  • War's Waste

    Rehabilitation in World War I America

    by Beth Linker ...
    With US soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural response to the wounded, swiftly returning injured combatants to their civilian lives. But this was not always the case, as Beth Linker ... Read more

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  • Civil Disabilities

    Citizenship, Membership, and Belonging

    Series series Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
    An estimated one billion people around the globe live with a disability; this number grows exponentially when family members, friends, and care providers are included. Various countries and international organizations have attempted to guard against discrimination and secure basic human rights for those whose lives are affected by disability. Yet despite such attempts many disabled persons in the ... Read more

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  • Civil Disabilities

    Citizenship, Membership, and Belonging

    Series series Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
    An estimated one billion people around the globe live with a disability; this number grows exponentially when family members, friends, and care providers are included. Various countries and international organizations have attempted to guard against discrimination and secure basic human rights for those whose lives are affected by disability. Yet despite such attempts many disabled persons in the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Slouch

    Posture Panic in Modern America

    by Beth Linker ...
    Narrated by Laurel Lefkow ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 18 min

    This audiobook narrated by Laurel Lefkow recounts t he strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today's promoters of "paleo posture"In 1995, a scandal erupted when the New York Times revealed that the Smithsonian possessed a century's worth of nude "posture" photos of college students. In this riveting history, ... Read more

    $32.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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