Shell-Shocked British Army Veterans in Ireland, 1918-39 A Difficult Homecoming

Informationen zum Autor Michael Robinson is a Leverhulme Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Liverpool Klappentext This study provides the first exclusive analysis of disabled First World War veterans who returned to Ireland. With a case study of mental illness, it foregrounds how the treatment and experiences of disabled communities in past societies is shaped by the existing socio-economic, cultural and political context. Zusammenfassung This study provides the first exclusive analysis of disabled First World War veterans who returned to Ireland. With a case study of mental illness! it foregrounds how the treatment and experiences of disabled communities in past societies is shaped by the existing socio-economic! cultural and political context. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1: 'A Definitive Neurasthenic Temperament'?: The Irish Tommy and Veteran2. Neurasthenic Pensioners in Revolutionary Ireland, 1918-19213. Neurasthenic Pensioners in the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland, 1922-19394. The War Hospital in Ireland5. The Service Patient Scheme in Ireland BibliographyIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Robinson
• Con la collaborazione di: Walton Schalick (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.04.2020
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781526140050
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4005-0
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Serie: Disability History
• Categorie: First World War, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, HISTORY / Military / Veterans, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Welfare, Public Health, Personal & public health, History of Medicine, Disability, shell shock, Public Policy, British Army, Inter-war period, 1918-1939, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Military veterans, Personal and public health / health education, War Trauma, Anti-Irish stereotypes, colonial psychiatry