Description: Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Pennsylvania, Images of America, Paperback For 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.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467123662
Book Title: Pennhurst State School and Hospital
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: J. Gregory Pirmann
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Mental Health, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Photoessays & Documentaries
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Photography, Travel, Medical, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
