Asylum on the Hill: History of a Healing Landscape [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Ziff, Katherine

Published by Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, 2018

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As new condition photographic softcover wraps. Includes Praise for Asylum on the Hill; Foreword by Samuel T. Gladding; Preface; Acknowledgments; Epilogue; Afterword to the 150th Anniversary Edition by Shawn Bolin and Joseph C. Shields; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. First Paperback Edition, first printing. "This well-written, accurately researched historical work tells the story of the Athens Lunatic Asylum . Asylum on the Hill is highly readable, enlightening, and for those who currently work in the field of psychiatry, the story is familiar and somewhat poignant. . Highly recommended." -- Choice. "Asylum on the Hill is a fascinating and poignant history of one hospital, its patients, and staff. Accompanied by rare, never released photos and records, Ziff's easy narrative weaves the personal accounts of daily life with the borader context of post--Civil War America . A highly engaging work that makes the past come alive." -- Christopher Payne, author of Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals. "Asylum on the Hill is the story of a great American experiment in psychiatry, a revolution in care for those with mental illness, as seen through the example of the Athens Lunatic Asylum. Built in southeast Ohio after the Civil War, the asylum embodied the nineteenth-century "gold standard" specifications of moral treatment. Stories of patients and their families, politicians, caregivers, and community illustrate how a village in the coalfields of the Hocking RIver valley responded to a national movement to provide compassionate care based on a curative landscape, exposure to the arts, outdoor exercise, useful occupation, and personal attention from a physician. Katherine Ziff's compelling presentation of America's nineteenth-century asylum movement shows how the Athens Lunatic Asylum accommodated political, economic, community, family, and individual needs and left an architectural legacy that has been uniquely renovated and re-purposed. Incorporating rare photos, letters, maps, and records, Asylum on the Hill is a fascinating glimpse into psychiatric history." - from the rear outer cover. Seller Inventory # 006327

Bibliographic Details

Title: Asylum on the Hill: History of a Healing ...

Publisher: Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio

Publication Date: 2018

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Edition: 1st Edition