Naperville Public Library
Library Hours
Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Naper Blvd. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Home Best Sellers Research a Topic Download & Stream Material Request My Account
     
Limit search to available items
Record 1 of 2
Results Page:  Previous Next
Author Horn, Stacy, author.

Title Damnation Island [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] poor, sick, mad & criminal in 19th-century New York / Stacy Horn.

Imprint New York : Algonquin Books, 2018.
To Access:
Available on OverDrive/Libby.
Sample
Large cover Image
Thumbnail cover Image
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1859231~S1
QR Code
Description 1 online resource
Note Title from eBook information screen..
Summary "It's now known as New York City's Roosevelt Island. Originally called Blackwell's Island, it housed a lunatic asylum, prison, hospital, workhouse and almshouse in the 19th century. This book re-creates what daily life was like on the island, what politics shaped it, and what constituted therapy and charity in the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
System Details Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2449 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3870 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).
Subject Psychiatric hospitals -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
Mental illness -- Treatment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
French, William Glenney, 1814-1895.
Roosevelt Island (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
Genre Electronic books.
ISBN 9781616208288 (electronic bk)
Patron reviews: add a review
Click for more information
EBOOK
No one has rated this material

You can...
Also...
- Find similar reads
- Add a review
- Sign-up for Newsletter
- Suggest a purchase
- Can't find what you want?
More Information

 
 
© Naperville Public Library 2019.