Asperger's children : the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna
Title:
Asperger's children : the origins of autism in Nazi Vienna
Author:
Sheffer, Edith, author.
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Edition:
Center Point Large Print edition.
[Large print ed.]
Publication Information:
Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2018.
Physical 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. But in this groundbreaking book, prize-winning historian Edith Sheffer exposes that Asperger was not only involved in the racial policies of Hitler's Third Reich, he was complicit in the murder of children"--Provided by publisher.
General Note:
Regular print version previously published by: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Language:
English
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ISBN:
9781683249467
Format :
Book
