Bodies of Work - The First World War and the Transnational Making of Rehabilitation

An examination of the transnational development of large-scale national systems, international organizations, technologies, and cultural material aimed at the rehabilitation of Allied ex-servicemen, disabled in the First World War. In this well researched study, Powell considers the gender, class, and ethnic dimensions of rehabilitation.

List of contents

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Whole nations in arms; 1. The gospel of rehabilitation; 2. A great army of industrial soldiers; 3. A duty incumbent on all allied people; 4. He marches off on an entente leg; 5. A charge almost if not quite as sacred; Conclusion. The right to rehabilitation; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Julie M. Powell is an IRC post-doctoral fellow at University College Dublin.

Summary

An examination of the transnational development of large-scale national systems, international organizations, technologies, and cultural material aimed at the rehabilitation of Allied ex-servicemen, disabled in the First World War. In this well researched study, Powell considers the gender, class, and ethnic dimensions of rehabilitation.

Foreword

Examines the transnational development of rehabilitation initiatives for disabled ex-servicemen of the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Julie M. Powell, Julie M. (University College Dublin) Powell
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009230254
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0923025-4
• No. of pages: 269
• Series: Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, military history, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine