Out of the Horrors of War : Disability Politics in World War II America / Audra Jennings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jennings, Audra, author.

Series:

Politics and culture in modern America.

Politics and Culture in Modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Federation of the Physically Handicapped.

People with disabilities--Government policy--United States--History--20th century.

People with disabilities.

Disabilities--United States--History--20th century.

Disabilities.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages).

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Drawing from extensive archival research, Out of the Horrors of War demonstrates that disabled citizens in the World War II era organized a national movement for economic security and full citizenship, reshaping the U.S. welfare state and laying the foundation for the disability rights movement.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780812293197

0812293193

OCLC:

958455001