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03638cam a2200577 a 4500 001 CE26B1DC40BF11DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100526050006 008 090202s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009004376 020 $a 0815609159 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780815609155 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)297811109 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d C#P $d BWX $d CDX $d NLM $d SGB $d HEBIS $d IOH $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a RC443 $b .T39 2009 060 00 $a 2009 G-889 060 10 $a WM 27 AA1 $b T246a 2009 082 00 $a 362.2/1 $2 22 100 1 $a Taylor, Steven J., $d 1949- 245 1 $a Acts of conscience : $b World War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors / $c Steven J. Taylor. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Syracuse, N.Y. : $b Syracuse University Press, $c 2009. 300 $a xv, 484 p. : $b ill. ; $c 27 cm. 490 1 $a Critical perspectives on disability 504 $a Includes 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 exposeÌ as a progressive tool" -- "They were fighting everybody" -- "Mental hospitals are again under fire" -- "Another growing pain" -- "Scandal results in real reforms." 520 $a In 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 650 0 $a Psychiatric hospitals $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a People with mental disabilities $x History $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Conscientious objectors $z United States. 610 20 $a Civilian Public Service $x History. 610 22 $a Civilian Public Service. 650 12 $a Hospitals, Psychiatric $x history $z United States. 650 22 $a Mentally Ill Persons $x history $z United States. 650 22 $a World War II $z United States. 650 07 $a Psychiatrie. $2 swd 650 07 $a Psychiatrische Krankenpflege. $2 swd 650 07 $a Soziale Bewegung. $2 swd 650 07 $a Reform. $2 swd 650 07 $a Kriegsdienstverweigerer. $2 swd 650 07 $a Kriegsdienstverweigerung. $2 swd 651 7 $a USA. $2 swd 830 0 $a Critical perspectives on disability. 941 $a 4 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718085439.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824091853.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20110111010653.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20100405101555.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=CE26B1DC40BF11DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search