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Autore |
Briggs Dennie |
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Titolo |
A life well lived : Maxwell Jones--a memoir / / Dennie Briggs |
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London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2002 |
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1-283-90415-2 |
1-4175-0186-3 |
1-84642-376-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-201). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- A Life Well Lived: Maxwell Jones-A Memoir -- Contents -- Introduction: A Record of a Friendship -- 1. "Max and his Gangsters" -- 2. The 1960s -- 3. Painful Communication -- 4. Dreams Die Hard -- 5. Recycling the Psyche -- 6. The Illusion of Reality -- 7. After Thoughts: A Life Well Lived -- 8. Social Learning and the Future: A Conversation -- Notes and References. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A Life Well Lived follows a friendship between two key figures in social psychiatry and the evolution of therapeutic communities. A close friend collaborator of Maxwell Jones, Dennie Briggs recounts the latter's revolutionary work in mental hospitals, prisons and schools, offering a rare insight into the mind of a pioneer in the therapeutic field. |
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