Format:
Large Print, Book
Author:
Sheffer, Edith, author.
Title:
Asperger's children [text (large print)] : the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna / Edith Sheffer.
Edition:
Center point large print edition.
Publisher, Date:
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2018.
Description:
511 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary:
Hans Asperger, the pioneer of autism and Asperger syndrome in Nazi Vienna, has been celebrated for his compassionate defense of children with disabilities. This book exposes that Asperger was not only involved in the racial policies of Hitler's Third Reich, he was complicit in the murder of children.
Subjects:
Asperger, Hans.
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Austria -- Vienna -- History.
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Austria -- Vienna -- Diagnosis -- 20th century.
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Austria -- Vienna -- History -- 20th century.
Genre:
Large print books.
Notes:
Regular print version previously published by: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN:
2018033889
ISBN:
9781683249467 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1683249461
Other Number:
1045639885
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3657102
Call Number:
618.92/85883200943613
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
2
Medium:
[text (large print)]