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Madness in America: Cultural and Medical Perceptions of Mental Illness Before 1914.
by Gamwell, Lynn and Nancy Tomes
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue cloth; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0801431611
- ISBN 13
- 9780801431616
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Ithaca, New York:: Cornell University Press, 1995.. 1st Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue cloth; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket.. about 9.75 inches square . Index. Gray endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated in black and white and color, including previously unpublished artworks and pictures of medical artifacts. This is part of the series, Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Drawing on a rich array of sources, the authors interweave the perception of medical practitioners, the mentally ill and their families, and journalists poets, novelists and artists. As they trace successive ways of explaining madness and treating those judged insane, Gamwell and Tomes vividly depict the political and cultural dimension of American attitudes toward mental illness.''
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- The Bookworm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 063508
- Title
- Madness in America: Cultural and Medical Perceptions of Mental Illness Before 1914.
- Author
- Gamwell, Lynn and Nancy Tomes
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: navy blue cloth; a Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket.
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0801431611
- ISBN 13
- 9780801431616
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, New York:
- Date Published
- 1995.
- Pages
- 182 pages.
- Size
- about 9.75 inches square
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