Gracefully Insane Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Gracefully Insane Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital

Entry/Object ID

L2012.8.1

Description

Gracefully Insane: Life and Death Inside America's Premier Mental Hospital is a history of McLean Hospital. McLean Hospital is one of the most famous, most elite, and was among the most luxurious mental institutions in America. As stated by Vanity Fair the book "provides a candid and engrossing look at the hospital's history since 1817". 273/softbound/photographs.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Psychiatry

Search Terms

McLean Hospital, Mental Hospitals

Book Details

Author

Beam, Alex

Place Published

City

New York City

State/Province

New York

Date Published

2001

Call No.

Psy BE

ISBN

1-58648-161-4

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 8, 2012

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Freud