Out of the Horrors of War : : Disability Politics in World War II America / / Audra Jennings.
From workplace accidents to polio epidemics and new waves of immigration to the returning veterans of World War II, the first half of the twentieth century brought the issue of disability—what it was, what it meant, and how to address it—into national focus. Out of the Horrors of War: Disability Pol...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Politics and Culture in Modern America
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 10 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Salvaging People: Disability in a Nation at War
- 2. From the Depths of Personal Experience: D isability Activists Demand a Hearing
- 3. Toward a New Freedom from Fear: D isability and Postwar Uncertainty
- 4. I t’s Good Business: Disability and Employment
- 5. Work or Welfare: The Limits of the Body Politic
- 6. Götterdämmerung: Rehabilitating Rights in the 1950s
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments