Description
Book SynopsisThrough a series of thematic chapters, this book focuses on the nature of injured and disabled bodies in relation to rehabilitative practices established in Britain during and immediately following the Second World War.
Trade ReviewJulie Anderson is one of the leading historians working in the area of Disability Studies...This book is essential reading for anyone interested in military medicine. It directly addresses the debates about whether ‘war is good for medicine’... 'War, Disability and Rehabilitation' in Britain is a meticulous and often riveting story of pain,politics and rehabilitation.'
Professor Joanna Bourke, Social History of Medicine, May 2012
'a welcome addition to the growing field of disability history of early to mid-twentieth-century Britain ... informative reading for all students of disability history and rehabilitation.'
Dee Hoole, H-Disability August, 2013
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
List of illustrations
List of tables
Introduction
1. Unfortunates: Disability 1900-39
2. Attitude: Disabled ex-servicemen after the First World War
3. Soul: Rehabilitation in the Second World War
4. Fit: The process of rehabilitation
5. Men: Masculinity and rehabilitation
6. Revealed: Women and rehabilitation
7. Nation: Rehabilitation and the state
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
