Madness in America: Cultural and Medical Perceptions of Mental Illness Before 1914 (Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry
by Gamwell, Lynn and Nancy Tomes
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine /Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0801431611
- ISBN 13
- 9780801431616
- Seller
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Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Cornell University Press & Binghamton Univ. Art Museum. Presentation bookplate on half title page. 182 pages including bibliography & index; b/w & color illustrations throughout; drawing by Benjamin West on front of dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1995.
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- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022822
- Title
- Madness in America: Cultural and Medical Perceptions of Mental Illness Before 1914 (Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry
- Author
- Gamwell, Lynn and Nancy Tomes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0801431611
- ISBN 13
- 9780801431616
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press & Binghamton Univ. Art Museum
- Place of Publication
- Ithaca, Ny
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Psychiatry; Social Psychiatry; Mental Illness
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About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
Biblio member since 2008
Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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