LEADER 03614nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910781901303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8156-5140-6 024 7 $aheb40054 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051377 035 $a(EBL)3410033 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000564920 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11319000 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564920 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10532310 035 $a(PQKB)10626278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3410033 035 $a(OCoLC)759158734 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3678 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3410033 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10493598 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL946794 035 $a(dli)heb40054.0001.001 035 $a(MiU)MIU400540001001 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051377 100 $a20090202d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aActs of conscience$b[electronic resource] $eWorld War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors /$fSteven J. Taylor 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSyracuse, N.Y. $cSyracuse University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (503 p.) 225 1 $aCritical perspectives on disability 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8156-0915-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $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 expose? as a progressive tool" -- "They were fighting everybody" -- "Mental hospitals are again under fire" -- "Another growing pain" -- "Scandal results in real reforms." 330 $aIn the mid- to late 1940s, a group of young men rattled the psychiatric establishment by beaming a public spotlight on the squalid conditions and brutality in our nation's mental hospitals and training schools for people with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities. Bringing the abuses to the attention of newspapers and magazines across the country, they led a reform effort to change public attitudes and to improve the training and status of institutional staff. These young men were among the 12,000 World War II conscientious objectors who chose to perform civilian public service as an alternative to fighting. Acting on conscience a second time, they challenged America's treatment of its citizens with severe disabilities. Acts of Conscience brings to light the extraordinary efforts of these courageous men, drawing upon extensive archival research, interviews, and personal correspondence. --from publisher description. 410 0$aCritical perspectives on disability. 606 $aPsychiatric hospitals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPeople with mental disabilities$xEducation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConscientious objectors$zUnited States 615 0$aPsychiatric hospitals$xHistory 615 0$aPeople with mental disabilities$xEducation$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xConscientious objectors 676 $a362.2/1 700 $aTaylor$b Steven J.$f1949-$0124274 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781901303321 996 $aActs of conscience$93820272 997 $aUNINA