Format:
xii, 284 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9781616205768
Content:
"It's now known as New York City's Roosevelt Island. Originally called Blackwell's Island, it housed a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse and almshouse in the 19th century. This book re-creates what daily life was like on the island, what politics shaped it, and what constituted therapy and charity in the nineteenth century"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
Language:
English
Keywords:
New York, NY
;
Psychiatrie
;
Geschichte 1800-1899
