Asperger's children : the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna
Sheffer, Edith2018
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Click and Collect for Asperger's children : the origins of autism in Nazi ViennaPresents an exploration of the sobering history behind Asperger's Syndrome that reveals child psychiatrist Hans Asperger's influence by Nazi psychiatry and his use of one of the Reich's deadliest killing centers to experiment on disabled children.
Main title:
Asperger's children : the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna / Edith Sheffer.
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Imprint:
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2018
Collation:
317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.Text in English.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Enter the experts -- Chapter 2. The clinic's diagnosis -- Chapter 3. Nazi psychiatry & social spirit -- Chapter 4. Indexing lives -- Chapter 5. Fatal theories -- Chapter 6. Asperger & the killing system -- Chapter 7. Girls & boys -- Chapter 8. The daily life of death -- Chapter 9. In service to the volk -- Chapter 10. Reckoning.
ISBN:
9780393609646
Dewey class:
618.9285883200943613940.531809436
Language:
English
Subject:
Asperger, HansAustria -- SpiegelgrundAsperger's syndrome in children -- Austria -- Vienna -- Diagnosis -- 20th centuryAsperger's syndrome in children -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 1930-1940Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Austria -- Vienna -- HistoryAsperger's syndrome in children -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 20th century
BRN:
342644
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 940.531809436 SHE | Available |
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