| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 228 pages .) |
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data file |
| Series |
Disability history
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Disability history.
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| Summary |
This book examines the 'medical organisation' of Imperial Germany for total war. Faced with mounting casualties and a growing labour shortage, German military, industrial and governmental officials turned to medical experts for assistance in the total mobilisation of society. Through an investigation of developments in orthopaedic medicine, prosthetic technology, military medical organisation and the cultural history of disability, Heather Perry reveals how the pressures of modern industrial warfare not only transformed medical ideas and treatments for injured soldiers, but also transformed social and cultural expectations of the disabled body - expectations that long outlasted the war. This book is ideal for scholars and students interested in war, medicine, disability, science and technology, and modern Germany. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War (1914-1918) |
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Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Disabled veterans -- Rehabilitation. |
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Germany. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Veterans -- Germany.
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People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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People with disabilities -- Rehabilitation. |
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Implants, Artificial -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Implants, Artificial. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780719089244 0719089247 |
| ISBN |
1781707987 (electronic book) |
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9781781707982 (electronic book) |
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9781526103116 (electronic book) |
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1526103117 (electronic book) |
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9780719089244 (hardback) |
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0719089247 (hardback) |
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