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Out of the horrors of war : disability politics in World War II America / Audra Jennings.

Author: Jennings, Audra.

Imprint:Philadelphia, PA : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2016.

Description288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: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. Götterdämmerung: rehabilitating rights in the 1950s.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.



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American Federation of the Physically Handicapped.
Disabilities -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Politics and culture in modern America.