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Ambassadors of social progress : a history of international blind activism in the Cold War
Title
Ambassadors of social progress : a history of international blind activism in the Cold War / Maria Cristina Galmarini.
ISBN
9781501773792
1501773798
9781501773785
150177378X
9781501773778
Publication
Ithaca, New York : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
1 online resource ( xi, 288 pages) : illustrations.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2024).
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Variant and related titles
History of international blind activism in the Cold War
De Gruyter University Press eBook 2024.
Other formats
Print version: Galmarini, Maria Cristina. Ambassadors of social progress Ithaca : Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2024
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 26, 2024
Series
NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : Socialist Blind Activists, the International Disability Movement, and the Forgotten Legacies of the Cold War
A Communist Blind International
A Marshall Plan for the Blind of Europe
Socialist Blind Internationalism
East German and Soviet Membership in the World Council
Learning, Contributing, and Proving the Capacity of (Some) Blind People
Ambassadors of Social Progress or Obstacles to Integration?
"A Disability That Does Not Let Us See Borders on the Map of the World"
Epilogue : Postsocialism and the Global Traffic of Disability Ideas.
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Walter de Gruyter & Co. Cornell University Press Complete 2024.
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