https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Disability-and-labor-in-the-United-States https://internationalviewpoint.org/Disability-and-labor-in-the-United-States 2014-05-20T13:44:54Z text/html en Bridget Broderick Reviews <p>Kim Nielsen tackles two different tasks in A Disability History of the United States: telling “the history of people with disabilities,” and also telling “the history of the concept of disability.” Her book traces how communities assigned value to individuals from precolonial times to today, and how individuals collectively challenged the rhetoric, paternalism, and outright hatred hidden behind the ideals of individualism and independence. In the process, Nielsen's book actually elaborates the history of labor in this country. A Disability History is a valuable contribution to understanding the labor movement of Black, white, immigrant, and women workers who participated in work, school, child rearing, and war—despite the increased institutional forces that attempted to make them invisible and to exploit them. In this sense, Nielsen's contribution to a growing body of disability studies and to labor history is much needed and highly recommended.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Reviews-section-" rel="directory">Reviews section</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Reviews-291-+" rel="tag">Reviews</a>