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The lives of dwarfs : the journey from public curiosity toward social liberation Cover Image Book Book
The lives of dwarfs : the journey from public curiosity toward social liberation
Adelson, Betty M. 1935- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0813535484 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 431 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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  • Publisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references(p. [414]-416) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: I: The past: social constraints and the struggle to cope -- History from ancient Egypt through the Nazi era -- Biographies of eminent dwarfs -- II: The transition: confronting mockery, myth, and medical mysteries -- Stigma -- Mythology -- Anthropology -- Medical aspects -- III: The cultural mirror: images of dwarfs in the arts -- Art -- Literature -- Theater, film, and television -- Music -- IV: Lives today: transforming destiny -- Lives today.

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Subject: Short people -- History
Dwarfs -- Public opinion
Dwarfs -- Social conditions
Dwarfs -- History

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at All C/W MARS Libraries.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
GCC Library GN69.3.A34 2005 (Text) 36996001180568 Circulation Available -
MWCC Library GN69.3 .A34 2005 (Text) 37945002852807 Circulating Collection Available -
Worcester Main Library 599.949 ADELSON (Text) 38139018689986 Nonfiction Available -

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004016333.html - Table of contents

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