Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York

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Label

Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York

Title remainder

poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York

Statement of responsibility

by Stacy Horn

Creator

• trueHorn, Stacy

Author

• trueHorn, Stacy

Subject

• trueInvestigative journalism
• trueMental illness
• Mental illness -- Treatment -- New York (State) | New York -- 19th century -- History
• trueNew York City -- History -- 19th century
• truePrisoners
• truePsychiatric hospitals
• Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) | New York -- 19th century -- History
• truePsychiatry -- History
• Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) -- 19th century -- History
• trueRoosevelt Island, New York City -- 19th century -- History
• truePeople with mental illnesses
• French, William Glenney, 1814-1895
• trueHuman experimentation in medicine

Language

eng

Summary

Describes the early history of Roosevelt Island, originally called Blackwell's Island, which was bought in 1828 by New York City and used as a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse, and poorhouse, and recreates what daily life was like for those trapped there

Tone

• trueBleak
• trueDisturbing

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

CoCr/DLC

Dewey number

362.2/1/097471

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography