Recycling the disabled : army, medicine, and modernity in WWI Germany / Heather R. Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Heather R., author.

Series:

Disability history.

Disability history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disabled veterans--Rehabilitation--Germany--History--20th century.

Disabled veterans.

World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Germany.

World War, 1914-1918.

People with disabilities--Rehabilitation--Germany--History--20th century.

People with disabilities.

Implants, Artificial--Germany--History--20th century.

Implants, Artificial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 228 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book is a critical examination of the relationships between war, medicine, and the pressures of modernization in the waning stages of the German Empire. Through her examination of wartime medical and scientific innovations, government and military archives, museum and health exhibitions, philanthropic works, consumer culture and popular media, historian Heather Perry reveals how the pressures of modern industrial warfare did more than simply transform medical care for injured soldiers-they fundamentally re-shaped how Germans perceived the disabled body. As the Empire faced an ever more desperate labour shortage, military and government leaders increasingly turned to medical authorities for assistance in the re-organization of German society for total war. Thus, more than a simple history of military medicine or veteran care, Recycling the Disabled tells the story of the medicalization of modern warfare in Imperial Germany and the lasting consequences of this shift in German society.

Contents:

Introduction: 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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jul 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781526106773

1526106779

9781526103116

1526103117

9781781707982

1781707987

OCLC:

980291314