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Author:
Jennings, Audra.
Title:
Out of the horrors of war : disability politics in Word War II America / Audra Jennings.
Publisher:
University of Pennsylvania Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
American Federation of the Physically Handicapped.
Disabilities--United States--History--20th century.
People with disabilities--History--United States--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- 1. Salvaging people: disability in a nation at war -- 2. From the depths of personal experience: disability activists demand a hearing -- 3. Toward a new freedom from fear: disability and postwar uncertainty -- 4. It's good business: disability and employment -- 5. Work or welfare: the limits of the body politic -- 6. Go˜tterda˜mmerung: rehabilitating rights in the 1950s -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Series:
Politics and culture in modern America.
ISBN:
0812248511
9780812248517
OCLC:
(OCoLC)960700095
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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