Exiles in New York City : Warehousing the Marginalized on Ward's Island.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yanos, Philip T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

N.Y. City Asylum for the Insane.

Manhattan Psychiatric Center.

Psychiatric hospitals--New York (State)--New York.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Psychiatric hospital care--Moral and ethical aspects--New York (State)--New York.

Psychiatric hospital care.

Psychotherapy patients--Abuse of--New York (State)--New York.

Psychotherapy patients.

Minorities--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

Minorities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Exiles in New York City shares untold stories from Ward's Island, offering a new lens on the city's past and present from the perspective of the marginalized.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. A Strange Juxtaposition

2. Ward's Island: A Place Where No One Would Complain

3. Parkland or Institutional Dumping Ground?

4. The French Connection Connection

5. "In Accordance with the Standards"

6. Where Will These Children Play?

7. "We Are New York's Forgotten People": The Island Now

8. The Future: What Can Ward's Island Become?

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780231559348

0231559348

OCLC:

1507697849