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BL
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880402
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Wheatcroft, Sue.
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| Title & Author
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Worth saving : : disabled children during the second world war /\ Sue Wheatcroft.
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| Publication Statement
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Manchester, England ;New York :: Manchester University Press,, 2013.
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| Series Statement
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Disability history
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1526103354
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: 9781526103352
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0719088003
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1784991198
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9780719088001
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9781784991197
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Pre-war developments -- Residential special schools during wartime -- Special day schools, hospital schools and the role of charities -- Hostels and institutions -- Post-war change -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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"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."--Publisher's website.
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Children with disabilities-- Care-- History-- 20th century.
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Children with disabilities-- Education.
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Children with disabilities-- Services for-- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Children-- England.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Evacuation of civilians.
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20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000.
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Children with disabilities-- Care.
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Children with disabilities-- Education.
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Children with disabilities-- Services for.
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Children.
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Evacuation of civilians.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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Disabled Children-- history.
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Disabled Children-- education.
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World War II.
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England.
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England.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.408309044
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| LC Classification
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HV890.G7W44 2013eb
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| NLM classification
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2014 B-049
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HV 888
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