Asylum, Prison, and Poorhouse: The Writings and Reform Work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois - David L. Lightner - Books - Southern Illinois University Press - 9780809321636 - June 1, 1999
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Asylum, Prison, and Poorhouse: The Writings and Reform Work of Dorothea Dix in Illinois Annotated edition


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This illustrated collection of annotated newspaper articles and memorials by Dorothea Dix provides a forum for the great mid-nineteenth-century humanitarian and reformer to speak for herself. In his preface, David L. Lightner describes some of the vivid images that emerge from Dorothea Dix's descriptions of social conditions in Illinois a century and a half ago.


128 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 1, 1999
ISBN13 9780809321636
Publishers Southern Illinois University Press
Pages 184
Dimensions 140 × 214 × 12 mm   ·   232 g

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