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Author Sheffer, Edith, author

Title Asperger's Children : The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna / Edith Sheffer

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  618.9285883 S542a 2018    AVAILABLE  
 UMA-Bangor Stacks  RJ506.A9 S5257 2018    AVAILABLE  
Edition First edition
Phys Descr 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note Text in English
Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Summary Presents 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
Subject Asperger, Hans
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Austria -- Vienna -- History
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Diagnosis -- Austria -- Vienna -- 20th century
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 20th century
OCLC # 1005104504
ISBN # 9780393609646
0393609642
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