Table of contents for Self, senility, and Alzheimer's disease in modern America : a history / Jesse F. Ballenger.

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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Stereotype of Senility in Late-Nineteenth-Century America
Chapter 2. Beyond the Characteristic Plaques and Tangles
Chapter 3. From Senility to Successful Aging
Chapter 4. The Renaissance of Pathology
Chapter 5. The Health Politics of Anguish
Chapter 6. The Preservation of Selfhood in the Culture of Dementia
Notes
Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Alzheimer's disease -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Alzheimer Disease -- history -- United States.
Attitude to Health -- United States.
Self Concept -- United States.
History, 20th Century -- United States.
History, 19th Century -- United States.