We were pleased to see the publication of a new review article by Measurement Lab co-lead Coreen McGuire ‘Disability History Gets to Work‘ in Contemporary European History.
This essay review outlines the key contributions of three important new books in disability history and situates them within historiographical debates about the social/medical model, the relevance of history of science for disability history, and the intersection between disability history, race, and colonialism. By integrating discussion of the industrialisation thesis, it concludes with a plea for conceptual clarity in disability history.
This review article is free to download online thanks to Wellcome’s open access policy:
McGuire, C. A. (2025). Disability History Gets to Work. Contemporary European History. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0960777325101148
