MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01797cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2009004376
003 DLC
005 20140620075849.0
008 090202s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009004376
015 $aGBA934333$2bnb
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020 $a9780815609155 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0815609159 (cloth : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn297811109
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDXCP$dUKM$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aRC443$b.T39 2009
082 00 $a362.2/1$222
100 1 $aTaylor, Steven J.,$d1949-
245 10 $aActs of conscience :$bWorld War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors /$cSteven J. Taylor.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSyracuse, N.Y. :$bSyracuse University Press,$c2009.
300 $axv, 484 p. :$bill. ;$c27 cm.
490 0 $aCritical perspectives on disability
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 453-466) and indexes.
505 0 $a"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 exposé as a progressive tool" -- "They were fighting everybody" -- "Mental hospitals are again under fire" -- "Another growing pain" -- "Scandal results in real reforms."
650 0 $aPsychiatric hospitals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPeople with mental disabilities$xEducation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConscientious objectors$zUnited States.
610 20 $aCivilian Public Service$xHistory.