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Contents Introduction vii Chapter 1 / Revisiting the 19th Century 1 Chapter 2 / Changing Directions 19 Chapter 3 / The Politics of Biology 45 Chapter 4 / The Development of Special Classes 77 Chapter 5 / Turning Points 105 Chapter 6 / Handling “the Holdbacks and the Drags” 129 Chapter 7 / Going to Public School 155 Chapter 8 / The Professionalization of Special Education 185 Chapter 9 / The Era of Inclusion 199 References 225 Appendix A / Chronology of Developments in Special Education 271 Appendix B / Summary of U.S. Federal Legislation on Special Education, 1879–2004 279 Index 286 ...

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