Galmarini, Maria Cristina. <br/><br/>
Ambassadors of social progress :  a history of international blind activism in the Cold War  
Maria Cristina Galmarini 
 - Ithaca :  Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,  2024.  ©2024. 
 - 1 online resource (301 pages) 
 - NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies .
 - NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies .
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<br/><br/>Ambassadors of Social Progress -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Socialist Blind Activists, the International Disability Movement, and the Forgotten Legacies of the Cold War -- Part One: A History Of International Blind Activism With a View from the East -- 1. A Communist Blind International -- 2. A Marshall Plan for the Blind of Europe -- 3. Socialist Blind Internationalism -- 4. East German and Soviet Membership in the World Council -- Part Two: Three Case Studies: BSV, VOS, and ERC -- 5. Learning, Contributing, and Proving the Capacity of (Some) Blind People -- 6. Ambassadors of Social Progress or Obstacles to Integration? -- 7. "A Disability That Does Not Let Us See Borders on the Map of the World -- Epilogue: Postsocialism and the Global Traffic of Disability Ideas -- Appendix: Biographical Notes on Selected Activists -- Notes -- Research Design and Bibliography -- Index. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781501773792 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sehbehinderter Mensch<br/>Ost-West-Konflikt
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Deutschland (DDR)<br/>Sowjetunion
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Blindness-Political aspects-Germany (East). Blindness-Political aspects-Soviet Union. Blind-Political activity-Germany (East). Blind-Political activity-Soviet Union. Blind-Government policy-Germany (East). Blind-Government policy-Soviet Union. World Council for the Welfare of the Blind. 
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