Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America

Asylum: A History of the Mental Institution in America (1989)

January 1st, 19891h 0min

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The complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.


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