123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): From Warfare to Welfare: A Transnational History of Disability in the World War II Era

From Warfare to Welfare: A Transnational History of Disability in the World War II Era

AHA Session 210

Monday, January 5, 2009: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM

Gibson Suite (Hilton New York)

Chair:

Katherine Ott, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Papers:

Occupational Therapy: Japanese Disabled Veterans and the Postwar Occupation of Japan
Lee K. Pennington, United States Naval Academy

The Vanishing Veteran: Doling out Disability in the USSR
Frances L. Bernstein, Drew University

“We must not forget the sons of Vulcan”: Disability Activism, “War Service,” and the Quest to Define Entitlement in the Postwar United States
Audra Jennings, Ohio State University

Comment:

David A. Gerber, University at Buffalo (State University of New York)

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