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War's waste : rehabilitation in World War I America
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Overview
With U.S. soldiers stationed around the world and engaged in multiple conflicts, Americans will be forced for the foreseeable future to come to terms with those permanently disabled in battle. At the moment, we accept rehabilitation as the proper social and cultural response to the wounded, swiftly returning injured combatants to their civilian lives. But this was not always the case, as the author reveals in this book. In it, she explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions, which it had done since the Revolutionary War. Emboldened by their faith in the new social and medical sciences, reformers pushed rehabilitation as a means to \"rebuild\" disabled soldiers, relieving the nation of a monetary burden and easing the decision to enter the Great War. The author's narrative moves from the professional development of orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists to the curative workshops, or hospital spaces where disabled soldiers learned how to repair automobiles as well as their own artificial limbs. The story culminates in the postwar establishment of the Veterans Administration, one of the greatest legacies to come out of the First World War.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Subject
/ Disabled veterans Rehabilitation United States History 20th century.
/ World War, 1914-1918 Veterans Medical care United States History 20th century.
/ Medical rehabilitation United States History 20th century.
/ Disabled Persons rehabilitation United States.
/ Disabled Persons history United States.
/ History, 20th Century United States.
/ Military Medicine history United States.
/ Veterans history United States.
ISBN
022614335X, 9780226143354
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| Call Number | Copies | Material | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| UB363.L564 2014 | 1 | BOOK | GENERAL |
