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Forgotten Ellis Island : the extraordinary story of America's immigrant hospital / Lorie Conway ; contemporary photographs by Chris Barnes.
Van Pelt Library RA982.E44 E443 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conway, Lorie, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ellis Island Hospital--History.
- Ellis Island Hospital.
- Public hospitals--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--History.
- Public hospitals.
- Immigrants--Hospitals--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--History.
- Immigrants.
- Immigrants--Health and hygiene--Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.)--History.
- Hospitals, Federal--history.
- Immigrants--Health and hygiene.
- History.
- Hospitals.
- New Jersey.
- New York. (Hospitals, Federal).
- Emigration and Immigration.
- New York. (Emigration and Immigration).
- Medical Subjects:
- Hospitals, Federal--history.
- New Jersey.
- New York. (Hospitals, Federal).
- Emigration and Immigration.
- New York. (Emigration and Immigration).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 185 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Smithsonian Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Smithsonian Books : Collins, 2007.
- Summary:
- A century ago, in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, one of the worlds greatest public hospitals was built. "Forgotten Ellis Island"--the first book about this extraordinary institution--is a powerful tribute to the best and worst of Americas dealings with its new citizens-to-be. 150 photos. 8 page color insert.
- Contents:
- Constructing the immigrant hospital
- Walking the line
- Treating patients by the thousands
- Rejecting the "riff raff"
- Falling into disuse and decay.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780061241963
- 0061241962
- OCLC:
- 141177853
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