Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kylie M. SmithSeries:Studies in Social MedicinePublish date:1/13/2026Pages:342
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469689203ISBN-10:1469689200UPC:9781469689203Book Category:Medical, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Health Policy, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCYZ4G43ZW
Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South
There is a complicated history of racism and psychiatric healthcare in the Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. The asylums of the Jim Crow era employed African American men and women; served as places of treatment and care for African Americans with psychiatric illnesses; and, inevitably, were places of social control. Black people who lived and worked in these facilities...
Series: Studies in Social Medicine
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9781469689203ISBN-10:1469689200UPC:9781469689203Book Category:Medical, Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Health Policy, Cultural & Ethnic Studies, United StatesBook Topic:American, State & LocalSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.77 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCYZ4G43ZW
Kylie M. Smith is associate professor and director of the Center for Healthcare History and Policy at Emory University.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
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