Madness
Knihu kúpite v
1 e-shope
od
13,25 €
Ak sa vám po kliknutí na tlačidlo "Do obchodu" nezobrazí stránka knihy vo vybranom e-shope, je potrebné vypnúť AdBlock vo vašom prehliadači pre našu stránku.
Návod na vypnutie je napríklad na adrese https://www.sme.sk/dok/20466299/ako-vypnut-adblock-na-sme-sk-whitelist.
Krátky popis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Madness, though ostensibly the story of
Crownsville, is really about the continued lack of understanding,
treatment and care of the mental health of a people, Black people,
who need it most' New York TimesIn the tradition of The Immortal
Life of Henrietta Lacks, a page-turning 93-year history of
Crownsville Hospital, one of the United States' last segregated
asylums. On a cold day in March of 1911, officials marched twelve
Black men into the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the
supervision of a doctor, the men were forced to clear the land,
pour cement, lay bricks and harvest tobacco.When construction
finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state's
Hospital for the Negro Insane. In Madness, Peabody and Emmy
award-winning journalist Antonia Hylton tells the 93-year-old
history of Crownsville Hospital. She blends the intimate tales of
patients and employees whose lives were shaped by Crownsville with
a decade-worth of investigative research and archival documents.As
Crownsville Hospital grew from an antebellum-style work camp to a
tiny city sitting on 1,500 acres, it became a microcosm of
America's evolving battles over slavery, racial integration and
civil rights. During its peak years, the hospital's wards were
overflowing with almost 2,700 patients. By the end of the
20th-century, the asylum faded from view as prisons and jails
became America's new focus.
Výber kníh autorov
Footnote Press Ltd ,
Antonia Hylton
Zobraziť všetky knihy autora
Footnote Press Ltd,
Antonia Hylton
Výber kníh vydavateľa
Slovart
Zobraziť všetky knihy vydavateľa
Slovart
Naše tipy
