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Book SynopsisExamines the “medical organisation” of Imperial Germany for total war
Trade Review'Heather Perry's Recycling the Disabled is a welcome and much needed addition to the historiography of Germany's First World War experience. For a non-expert in the new field of Disability History in specific and medical history in general, this book serves as an excellent entry point and a fine addition to any collection on German society in the grip of Total War.' - Brendan Murphy, Department of History, University of Sheffield, June 2016
‘This book is an important contribution to the historiography of World War I and should hold particular interest for historians of medicine and of technology.’
Lisa J. Pruitt, Middle Tennessee State University, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Volume 90, Number 4, Winter 2016
‘This book is a useful part of a growing literature on rehabilitation in World War I.’
Sanders Marble, San Antonio Texas, German History Table, Volume 35, Issue 4
‘This is an important book…very informative and makes an excellent contribution to ourcollective knowledge.’
Emmeline Burdett, University College London, H-Disability, November 2017
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Table of ContentsIntroduction: War and medicine in World War I Germany
1. Healing the disabled: The re-orientation of German orthopaedics
2. Re-arming the disabled: WWI and the revolution in artificial limbs
3. Rehabilitation nation: Re-membering the disabled in war-time Germany
4. Inventing disability: Re-casting the ‘cripple’ in war-time Germany
5. Recycling the disabled: The mobilization of the wounded in war-time Germany
Conclusion: Mobilization, militarization, and medicalization in WWI Germany
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