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OverviewThrough a series of thematic chapters, Julie Anderson explores the nature of injured and disabled bodies before, during and after the Second World War. Beginning at the end of the First World War and finishing with the publication of the Piercy Committee's report in 1956, the book examines medical practice, State support, societal attitudes and cultural meanings surrounding disabled war veterans and civilians. The book focuses on the embodied nature of the rehabilitative process, its gendered nature and the concentration on bodily fitness during the war. Using a series of case studies, this wide-ranging book seeks to understand the processes, methodology and practice of rehabilitation for those injured and disabled in war, and reflect on its adoption in post-war Britain.War, disability and rehabilitation in Britain will interest historians of medicine, war and disability studies. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Julie Anderson (Professor of Modern History) , Bertrand Taithe , Penny Summerfield , Peter GatrellPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780719082504ISBN 10: 0719082501 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 February 2011 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of illustrations List of tables Introduction 1. Unfortunates: Disability 1900-39 2. Attitude: Disabled ex-servicemen after the First World War 3. Soul: Rehabilitation in the Second World War 4. Fit: The process of rehabilitation 5. Men: Masculinity and rehabilitation 6. Revealed: Women and rehabilitation 7. Nation: Rehabilitation and the state Conclusion Bibliography Index -- .ReviewsJulie Anderson is one of the leading historians working in the area of Disability Studies...This book is essential reading for anyone interested in military medicine. It directly addresses the debates about whether 'war is good for medicine'... 'War, Disability and Rehabilitation' in Britain is a meticulous and often riveting story of pain,politics and rehabilitation. -- Joanna Bourke. Social History of Medicine 20120131 Julie Anderson is one of the leading historians working in the area of Disability Studies...This book is essential reading for anyone interested in military medicine. It directly addresses the debates about whether 'war is good for medicine'... 'War, Disability and Rehabilitation' in Britain is a meticulous and often riveting story of pain,politics and rehabilitation. -- Joanna Bourke. Social History of Medicine 20120131 In 1954, an exasperated woman announced that 'If I were a man, I should immediately marry a capable woman, preferably a nurse, and all my troubles would be solved!' (p. 168). Her frustrations were understandable. She had been disabled as a result of war work during the 1939-45 war, but the pension system seemed distinctly unjust to women. It was not until 1941 that women were even allowed to claim an allowance for 100 per cent war disabilities, but the grants continued to focus on the needs of married men, who could depend on the unpaid labours of their wives. Disabled single women had no such luck. It was not all bad news. After all, the state did help considerably with medical issues, including fertility, but injured women found themselves pensioned out of military services at significantly lower financial terms and the post-war emphasis on motherhood largely excluded them. Julie Anderson is one of the leading historians working in the area of Disability Studies. This field of enquiry used to be concerned primarily with 'rescuing' disabled people from the rather condescending approaches of many people in the past. It is now a much more sophisticated field, concerned with the complexity of the politics of disability and portraying interactions between the protagonists in more nuanced ways. Anderson's new book seeks to tell the stories of men and women who had been disabled as a result of military service. The book is primarily about the Second World War, although the first two chapters 'set the scene' in a broader fashion and the penultimate chapter follows the rehabilitated men and women into the post-1945 period. She correctly points out that the experiences of the 1939-45 war were pivotal in the lives of disabled people in twentieth century Britain, in part because many more people survived their serious injuries and the government was particularly desperate to reemploy highly trained personnel as soon as they were physically fit. It was in this context that rehabilitation took on a wholly new meaning, involving medical, social and economic techniques in a holistic fashion. One of Anderson's most important arguments is that rehabilitation schemes placed a vast amount of emphasis on ensuring that disabled men re-entered the employment market quickly. This was most effectively carried out at the rehabilitation centres established for Royal Air Force (RAF) servicemen. Treatment occurred in a series of stages. While still bedridden, men were expected to weave rugs or baskets. Later, they were encouraged to perform remedial exercises and were given physiotherapy. Morale was also not ignored. Indeed, it was widely assumed that effective rehabilitation of injured servicemen would simply not be possible without dealing with the psychological effects of disability. For men, this meant tackling head-on the issue of masculinity. Anderson uses the Spinal Unit of the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury as a detailed case study of what this actually meant. In that hospital, developing male camaraderie, engaging the men in competitive sports (such as archery), and fostering manly courage were central goals. And, she argues, they were largely successful. Morale could be so high -- Joanna Bourke Social History of Medicine 20120131 Author InformationJulie Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the History Department at the University of Kent Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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