Race, Ethnicity, and Disability - Veterans and Benefits in Post-Civil War America (Hardcover, New)

Using data from more than 40,000 soldiers of the Union army, this book focuses on the experience of African Americans and immigrants with disabilities, investigating their decision to seek government assistance and their resulting treatment. Pension administrators treated these ex-soldiers differently from native-born whites, but the discrimination was far from seamless - biased evaluations of worthiness intensified in response to administrators' workload and nativists' late-nineteenth-century campaigns. This book finds a remarkable interplay of social concepts, historical context, bureaucratic expediency, and individual initiative. Examining how African Americans and immigrants weighed their circumstances in deciding when to request a pension, whether to employ a pension attorney, or if they should seek institutionalization, it contends that these veterans quietly asserted their right to benefits. Shedding new light on the long history of challenges faced by veterans with disabilities, the book underscores the persistence of these challenges in spite of the recent revolution in disability rights.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Larry M. Logue • Peter Blanck
Foreword by:	Dick Thornburgh
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-51634-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Military life & institutions > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Pensions Books > History > American history > General Books > Money & Finance > Pensions
LSN:	0-521-51634-X
Barcode:	9780521516341

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