1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451486103321

Autore

Scurfield Raymond M

Titolo

A Vietnam trilogy [[electronic resource] ] : veterans and post traumatic stress, 1968, 1989, 2000 / / Raymond Monsour Scurfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Algora Pub., c2004

ISBN

0-87586-324-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Disciplina

616.85/21206

Soggetti

Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment

Veterans - Mental health

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Veterans - Mental health

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Troubled War Veterans - Overblown Myth, Or Reality?; Chapter 2. Preparing for War; Chapter 3. Getting There; Chapter 4. Trying To Move On; Chapter 5. Two Decades And A Wake-Up; Chapter 6. The Controversial Plan; Chapter 7. Return To Vietnam, 1989; Chapter 8. Aftermath and Reflections; Chapter 9. The Psychiatric and Social Legacy of War and Healing: A Vietnam Trilogy; Appendix: Key Points; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

Through the stories of veterans and the author's own understanding as a psychiatric social work officer in Vietnam and his extensive post-war experiences as a mental health professional, A Vietnam Trilogy describes the impact of war on veterans from a psy



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781195803321

Autore

Sackman Douglas Cazaux <1968->

Titolo

Wild men [[electronic resource] ] : Ishi and Kroeber in the wilderness of modern America / / Douglas C. Sackman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612384448

0-19-974587-0

1-282-38444-9

0-19-974250-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Collana

New narratives in American history

Altri autori (Persone)

JohnsonLyman L

Disciplina

301.2092

Soggetti

Yana Indians

Anthropologists - United States

Latin America History To 1830

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: One Small Step; One: THE YAHI IN THREE WORLDS; Two: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THREE WORLDS; Three: "WORLDS OF STUFF"; Four: MAKING TRACKS; Five: CITY LIGHTS; Six: NATURE WALKS IN THE CITY AND THE SIERRAS; Seven: THE CALL OF THE WILD; Eight: DEATH MASK; EPILOGUE: The Hearth of Prometheus and the Wilderness of Ishi; AFTERWORD: Google Earth, Earthquake Weather; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In late August of 1911, from deep within the shadows of a remote canyon in northern California, an Indian of the Yahi people, long-believed to have disappeared, suddenly showed himself. A fugitive, he had hidden for decades from the lethal gaze of white intruders, keeping fires small and wiping the earth clean of his footprints. The sheriff took him into custody, and, having no better place for him, put him in the cell reserved for those who were not quite right in the head-the insane. The man soon aroused local and then national curiosity, and was christened the Wild Man or Wild Indian. Alfre