British State Provision of Prosthetic Limbs and the Two World Wars

这个项目将探索英国政府、假肢制造商和在两次世界大战期间因服役而被截肢的人之间的关系。学生将探索这种形式的战争残疾对社会、经济和文化的影响，重点是通过与政治和工业机构的互动来展示残疾人的代理。以福利、医学和残疾历史学家的工作为基础，本项目将研究20世纪英国某类残疾人对国家提供医疗服务的影响。

This project will explore the relationship between the British government, prostheticsmanufacturers and men whose limbs were amputated as a result of service during the twoworld wars. The student will explore the social, economic and cultural impact of this form ofwar disability, with a focus on the agency of disabled individuals as demonstrated throughinteractions with political and industrial institutions. Building on the work of historians ofwelfare, medicine, and disability this project will examine the influence of a specific categoryof disabled individuals on the shape of state-provided medical care in twentieth-centuryBritain.