{"product_id":"those-they-called-idiots-by-simon-jarrett-9781836390718","title":"Those They Called Idiots","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThose They Called Idiots\u003c\/i\u003e traces the little-known lives of people with learning disabilities from the communities of eighteenth-century England to the nineteenth-century asylum and care in today's society. Using evidence from civil and criminal courtrooms, joke books, slang dictionaries, novels, art, and caricature, it explores the explosive intermingling of ideas about intelligence and race, while bringing into sharp focus the lives of people often seen as the most marginalised in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'[A] magisterial history.'\u003c\/strong\u003e Michael Fitzpatrick, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Simon Jarrett's elegant and provocative book brings into focus for the first time the history of people with intellectual disabilities over three centuries.'\u003c\/strong\u003e David Turner, Professor of History, Swansea University, and author of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisability in Eighteenth-Century England\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'We should be grateful to Simon Jarrett for telling this complex, compelling and frequently troubling story with such tremendous clarity and style. I can't recommend this wonderful book highly enough.'\u003c\/strong\u003e Stephen Unwin, writer, playwright, and director\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000827396332,"sku":"9781836390718","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/22977793482841.jpg?v=1763308070","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/those-they-called-idiots-by-simon-jarrett-9781836390718","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}