Self, senility, and Alzheimer's disease in modern America : a history
- Title
- Self, senility, and Alzheimer's disease in modern America : a history / Jesse F. Ballenger.
- Published by
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
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- Description
- xvii, 236 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- The stereotype of senility in late-nineteenth-century America -- Beyond the characteristic plaques and tangles -- From senility to successful aging -- The renaissance of pathology -- The health politics of anguish -- The preservation of selfhood in the culture of dementia.
- Call number
- JFE 08-336
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-229) and index.
- Author
- Ballenger, Jesse F.
- Title
- Self, senility, and Alzheimer's disease in modern America : a history / Jesse F. Ballenger.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-229) and index.
- Connect to:
- LCCN
- 2005012140
- ISBN
- 0801882761 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780801882760 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JFE 08-336