Title Madness in the city of magnificent intentions / Martin Summers

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) Summary In this work, Summers documents the history of Saint Elizabeths Hospital, a federal mental institution in Washington, DC, in relation to that city's African American community. He sheds light on the intersections of the historical process of racialization, medical and cultural understandings of insanity, the exercise of institutional power, and individual and collective agency Notes Also issued in print: 2019 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Audience Specialized Notes Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 10, 2019) Subject Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.) -- History SUBJECT Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.) fast Subject Mental health services -- Washington (D.C.) -- History African Americans -- Mental health services -- Washington (D.C.) -- History African Americans -- Mental health services Mental health services Washington (D.C.) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190060138 0190060131

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