TY  - BOOK
AU  - Galmarini,Maria Cristina
TI  - Ambassadors of social progress: a history of international blind activism in the Cold War 
T2  - NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
SN  - 9781501773792
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Northern Illinois University Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press
KW  - gnd
KW  - Sehbehinderter Mensch
KW  - Ost-West-Konflikt
KW  - Deutschland (DDR)
KW  - Sowjetunion
KW  - Blindness-Political aspects-Germany (East)
KW  - Blindness-Political aspects-Soviet Union
KW  - Blind-Political activity-Germany (East)
KW  - Blind-Political activity-Soviet Union
KW  - Blind-Government policy-Germany (East)
KW  - Blind-Government policy-Soviet Union
KW  - World Council for the Welfare of the Blind
KW  - Fernzugriff
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich; 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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