tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11345956.post-1156695639339438042006-08-27T12:12:00.000-04:002006-08-27T12:23:25.490-04:00defectives, dependents, and delinquentsI was looking at the 1930 census [pdf] the other day. No, don’t ask why, it’s not important. But as I was looking at the table of contents, Section 2, titled “Defectives, Dependents, Delinquents,” caught my eye, as well it might. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> The sheer, brutal, honesty of the title kind of takes your breath away. Hard to imagine how different a culture it must have been to gloomyjoenoreply@blogger.com