Acts of conscience : World War II, mental institutions, and religious objectors / / Steven J. Taylor.

• Superior document: Critical perspectives on disability
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Taylor, Steven J., 1949-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Critical perspectives on disability.
• Physical Description: xv, 484 p. :; ill.

Table of 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."