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Wheatcroft, Sue

 
9780719088001: Worth Saving: Disabled Children During the Second World War
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ISBN 10 : 0719088003 ISBN 13 : 9780719088001
Editeur : Manchester University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Early in the war, when faced with an acute shortage of accommodation for evacuees, a government official questioned whether disabled children were 'worth saving'. This book examines how the evacuation in England was planned, executed and evaluated for children with various disabilities (including the 'excluded') and explores how this wartime experience influenced public and professional attitudes towards the children long after the war had ended.

Through the use of official documents, newspapers and personal testimony, the book illustrates both positive and negative experiences of the government evacuation scheme, and shows the impact of the attitudes held by the authorities, the general public, and the teaching and nursing staff. It demonstrates how wartime conditions changed special education, both during and after the war, and will appeal to social and medical historians, as well as those studying childhood, the voluntary sector and social policy.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sue Wheatcroft is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Leicester

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Éditeur
Manchester University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0719088003
ISBN 13 
9780719088001
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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