Ten Days in a Madhouse
Ten Days in A Madhouse is the true account of investigative journalist Nellie Bly's confinement inside an insane asylum. In 1887 the young female reporter entered the asylum under the guise of insanity to investigate rumors of brutality and neglect at the infamous Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York City. The asylum was underfunded, grossly overcrowded, and plagued with scandal. In the 1880s the mentally insane were not treated as patients but as dangerous lunatics that had to be controlled by force, confined to cells, and kept out of the public eye.Before Bly began her investigation, famed author Charles Dickens, visited the instit…
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- ISBN: 978-1-936709-25-0
- EAN: 9781936709250
- Produktnummer: 28756951
- Verlag: Piccadilly Books, Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 138 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.7 cm 184 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 184
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