War's waste : rehabilitation in World War I America

War's waste : rehabilitation in World War I America / Beth Linker.

Author/creator	Linker, Beth
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Description	291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	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. World War I--United States.

Contents	The roots of rehabilitation -- The problem of the pensioner -- Reconstructing disabled soldiers -- A new female force -- Maximalist medicine at Walter Reed -- The limb lab and the engineering of manly bodies -- Propaganda and patient protest -- Rehabilitating the industrial army -- Walter Reed, then and now.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references ( p. 249-275) and index.
LCCN	2010045280
ISBN	9780226482538 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0226482537 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WB 320 L756W 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold