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Author Taylor, Steven J., 1949-

Title Acts of conscience [electronic resource] : World War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors / Steven J. Taylor.

Imprint Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xv, 484 p. : ill.
Series Critical perspectives on disability
Critical perspectives on disability.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents "Work of national importance under civilian direction" -- "Religious training and belief" -- "An experiment in democracy" -- "A significant epoch in your life" -- "Detached units" -- "A working compromise between church and state" -- "Out of sight, out of mind" -- "A mind that found itself" -- "They asked for a hard job" -- "Bughousers" and "conchies" -- "The expose as a progressive tool" -- "They were fighting everybody" -- "Mental hospitals are again under fire" -- "Another growing pain" -- "Scandal results in real reforms."
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Civilian Public Service -- History.
Psychiatric hospitals -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
People with mental disabilities -- Education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscientious objectors -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780815609155 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815609159 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815651406 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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