Ballenger, Jesse F. (Author)
Johns Hopkins University Press
Physical Details: xvii + 236 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description “Traces the emergence of senility as a cultural category from the late nineteenth century to the 1980s.” (from the publisher)
Review Boult, Lisa (2010) Review of "Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America: A History". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (p. 146).
Review Herman, Ellen (2007) Review of "Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America: A History". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 396).
Review Van den Hoonaard, Deborah K. (2008) Review of "Self, Senility, and Alzheimer's Disease in Modern America: A History". Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (p. 274).
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