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Pennhurst State School and Hospital by J. Gregory Pirmann (2015, Trade Paperback)

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Many spent decades there, working to keep the institution running by performing various jobs. Pennhurst also played a central role in the lives of its employees and in the rural Pennsylvania community where it was located.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-101467123668

ISBN-139781467123662

eBay Product ID (ePID)210356122

Product Key Features

Book TitlePennhurst State School and Hospital

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Mental Health, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Photoessays & Documentaries

Publication Year2015

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Photography, History, Medical

AuthorJ. Gregory Pirmann

Book SeriesImages of America Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight0.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2014-958703

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal362.2/10974813

SynopsisFor nearly 80 years, Pennhurst State School and Hospital was a reminder of how society viewed and treated people with intellectual disabilities. Over its existence, Pennhurst was home to more than 10,600 people. Many spent decades there, working to keep the institution running by performing various jobs. While some enjoyed the lives they had fashioned for themselves at Pennhurst, for many others, life there was crushing. Pennhurst also played a central role in the lives of its employees and in the rural Pennsylvania community where it was located. Controversy plagued the institution for its entire existence, and it is remembered primarily as a place where bad things happened. However, it was much more than that. This book provides a window into that separate world, reminding those who were part of it of what they saw and did there and giving those who know only what they have heard or seen a different picture of what Pennhurst truly was.

LC Classification NumberHV3006.P4P57 2015