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In the tradition of the immortal life of Henrita, a page-fund in the history of the ninety-nine-year history of the Crownville Hospital, one of the country’s last different refuge, which the New York Times described as “attractive … careful research” and the bestseling writer Clint Smith, which I left to breathe. “
In March 1911, a cold day, the authorities marched twelve black people in the heart of a forest in Maryland. Under the supervision of a doctor, men were forced to clean the land, put cement, laying bricks and tobacco. When construction was finished, they became the first twelve patients of the state hospital for Negro nuts. For centuries, black patients have been absent from our history books. Madness transports readers behind the walls of a gym croe shelter.
In insanity, Pibody and Amy Award winning journalist Antonia Hilton told the history of ninety-nine years at the Crounxville Hospital, one of the previous different refuge, with living records and a campus that still stands in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. She mixes intimate stories of patients and employees whose life was shaped by Charnarville for a decade for a decade with search research and archival documents. Madness pursues stories of black families, whose mental health faced as they tried, and sometimes failed, to find security and dignity. Hilton is also introduced to his family experiences with mental illness, and privacy and shame that it was reproduced for generations.
As the Craunville Hospital grew from an antebelum-style work camp in a small town sitting on 1,500 acres, the institution became a subtle world of developed fighting on the US on slavery, racial integration and civil rights. During its peak years, the hospital wards were flowing with about 2,700 patients. By the end of the 20th century, shelter faded as refuge in the form of refuge as jails and jails became the new focus of America.
In madness, Hilton detects the heritage of slavery to treat the body and brain of black people in our current mental health system. This is a captivating and heart -wrenching attention how America decides who is sick or criminal, and who is worthy of our care or unbreakable.
Publisher
Publisher: Heritage Lit (23 January, 2024)
language English
Hardcawar: 368 pages
ISBN -10: 1538723697
ISBN -13: 978-1538723692
Items Weight: 1.25 pounds
Dimensions: 6.35 x 1.19 x 9.3 inch
Customers say
Customers find the book highly readable and thoroughly researched, with one noting it serves as required reading for Marylanders. Moreover, the story receives positive feedback, with one review highlighting how it shines light on the history of a mental asylum. Additionally, the writing quality is well-received, and customers appreciate the book’s focus on mental health challenges. However, the book receives mixed reactions regarding racism, with several customers describing it as abhorrent.
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