Contents of “Living with Disabilities in New England, 1630–1930”

Acknowledgments, including appreciations of Peter Benes, Jane Benes, and Phil Zea

Introduction by Nicole Belolan and Marla R. Miller

Part One: Living with Disabilities in Early New England

“The Language of Impairment: Disability among New England Men in the Long Eighteenth Century” by Casey L. Green

“‘By the Providence of God Is Bereaved of Her Reason’: An Eighteenth-Century New England Minister’s Response to Mental Illness” by Ross W. Beales, Jr.

“Hearing the Gospel in a Silent World: Disability, Gender, and Religion in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1684” by Katherine R. Ranum

“Heroic and Disabled: Howard Blackburn and the Valorization of the New England Fisherman” by Michael J. Chiarappa

“Fitness for Freedom: The Lived Experience of Disability, Enslavement, and Emancipation in Early New England” by Jerrad P. Pacatte

“‘Useful Members of Society’: Work and Capacity in Deaf and Blind Schools, 1817–1840” by Meg Roberts

“Deafness in Black and White: Integration at the American School for the Deaf, 1825–1870” by Rebecca R. Edwards

“Folklife and the Material Culture of Disability History in Early America” by Nicole Belolan

Part Two: Teaching Disability History

“Infusing Disability History into the Classroom” by Rich Cairn and Graham Warder

“The Return of the Town of Lanesborough, Massachusetts, 1829” by Laurel Daen

“The Petition and Lamentation of Benjamin Fowler” by Benjamin H. Irvin

“The Petition of William Sutton of Boston, Joyner (1706/07)” by Ben Mutschler

Abstracts of Conference Papers Not Appearing in this Publication

Notes on Contributors

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