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James W. Trent

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February 04

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http://www.inventingthefeeblemind.org

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James W. Trent, Jr. was born in Durham, North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree at Wake Forest University. He has masters degrees from Duke University and the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He completed his Ph.D. degree at Brandeis University. His first book, Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Mental Retardation in the United States (1994) won the Hervey B. Wilbur Award of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. His second book, Mental Retardation in American: An Historical Reader (2004) was co-edited with Steven Noll. A third book, The Manliest Man: Samuel G. Howe and the Contours of Nineteenth-Century American Reform (2012) is a biography of a controversial and fascinating fi ...more

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	Inventing the Feeble Mind: A History of Intellectual Disability in the United States 4.20 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader (The History of Disability, 7) by Steven Noll (Editor), James W. Trent (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Manliest Man: Samuel G. Howe and the Contours of Nineteenth-Century American Reform really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond High School: A Psychosociological Study of 10,000 High School Graduates 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond High School, a Psychological Study of 10, 000 High School Graduates, 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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