Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York
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Damnation Island : poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York
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- 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
- Subject
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- trueHistory writing -- Science, technology, and medicine
- trueHistory writing -- United States
- trueHuman experimentation in medicine
- trueInvestigative journalism
- trueMental illness
- Mental illness -- Treatment -- New York (State) | New York -- 19th century -- History
- truePeople with mental illnesses
- 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
- trueNew York City -- History -- 19th century
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueFrench, William Glenney, 1814-1895
- 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
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- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- CoCr/DLC
- Dewey number
- 362.2/1/097471
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Target audience
- adult
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