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Disability: A New History

Drawing on new research, Peter White presents a history of disability in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Radio 4,10 episodes

Episodes

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The Only Dwarf in Liverpool
Peter White finds a remarkable letter in his history of disabled people.
27 May 2013,14 mins
Miracle Cures
Peter White investigates the roots of the idea of the 'miracle cure'.
28 May 2013,14 mins
Freaks and Entrepreneurs
Peter White challenges our modern ideas of freaks - were they in fact great entrepreneurs?
29 May 2013,14 mins
Beauty and Deformity
Peter White on the impact that ideas about beauty and deformity had on people's lives.
30 May 2013,14 mins
Finding a Voice
Peter White discusses an 18th-century MP's remarkable account of living with disability.
31 May 2013,15 mins
Doing and Being
Peter White finds that disabled people were everywhere in the 19th-century workplace.
03 Jun 2013,14 mins
Wooden Legs and Wheelchairs
Peter White has a close encounter with an aristocratic wooden leg.
04 Jun 2013,14 mins
Sex and Marriage
Peter White explores sex and marriage between disabled people.
05 Jun 2013,14 mins
Brave Poor Things
Peter White searches for the voices of children with disabilities in the 19th century.
06 Jun 2013,14 mins
A Disabled Identity
Peter White reveals the roots of a modern disabled identity in the 19th century.
07 Jun 2013,14 mins