Dorothea Dix
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2004
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-512921-2 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-512921-2 (ISBN)
Examines Dorothea Dix's tireless research and personal lobbying of legislators led to construction of asylums for the mentally ill in state after state.
By exposing the sickening conditions people with mental illness endured in jails, almshouses, and basement cells, Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) single-handedly transformed the U.S. system of mental health care in the 19th century. Dix traveled from state to state, describing the hideous suffering people who were both poor and mentally ill endured at the hands of their captors. Her tireless research and personal lobbying of legislators led to construction of asylums for
the mentally ill in state after state.Oxford Portraits are informative and insightful biographies of people whose lives shaped their times and continue to influence ours. Based on
the most recent scholarship, they draw heavily on primary sources, including writings by and about their subjects. Each book is illustrated with a wealth of photographs, documents, memorabilia, framing the personality and achievements of its subject against the backdrop of history.
By exposing the sickening conditions people with mental illness endured in jails, almshouses, and basement cells, Dorothea Dix (1802-1887) single-handedly transformed the U.S. system of mental health care in the 19th century. Dix traveled from state to state, describing the hideous suffering people who were both poor and mentally ill endured at the hands of their captors. Her tireless research and personal lobbying of legislators led to construction of asylums for
the mentally ill in state after state.Oxford Portraits are informative and insightful biographies of people whose lives shaped their times and continue to influence ours. Based on
the most recent scholarship, they draw heavily on primary sources, including writings by and about their subjects. Each book is illustrated with a wealth of photographs, documents, memorabilia, framing the personality and achievements of its subject against the backdrop of history.
Meg Muckenhoupt has written articles on travel in Boston and local environmental issues for The Boston Globe, the Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine and the Time Out Boston guide. Her book Sigmund Freud: Explorer of the Unconscious (Oxford University Press) won the American Academy of Sciences 1998 Best science Books for Junior High and High school readers, and has been translated into seven languages. She holds a certificate in Field Botany from the New England Wild Flower Society.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2004 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 373 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung | |
| Schlagworte | Oxford Portraits |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-512921-0 / 0195129210 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-512921-2 / 9780195129212 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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