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Unlocking the Golden Cage
Joanne Hatch Bruch
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Description for Unlocking the Golden Cage
Hardcover. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 690.
This biography of Hilde Bruch is a colorful, personal account of a legendary figure in modern psychiatry. Although she is best known as a pioneer in the field of eating disorders and is considered a major contributor to the conceptualization of anorexia nervosa, those accomplishments came in her "golden years" after an already prodigious career. Bruch authored more than 250 articles and six books, including The Golden Cage, a bestseller that introduced anorexia nervosa into popular culture. In the 60's, when thinness became a national obsession, she became widely-known and quoted, and she remained the world's foremost authority on eating ... Read more
This biography of Hilde Bruch is a colorful, personal account of a legendary figure in modern psychiatry. Although she is best known as a pioneer in the field of eating disorders and is considered a major contributor to the conceptualization of anorexia nervosa, those accomplishments came in her "golden years" after an already prodigious career. Bruch authored more than 250 articles and six books, including The Golden Cage, a bestseller that introduced anorexia nervosa into popular culture. In the 60's, when thinness became a national obsession, she became widely-known and quoted, and she remained the world's foremost authority on eating ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Gurze Books United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Carlsbad, United States
ISBN
9780936077161
SKU
V9780936077161
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99-15
About Joanne Hatch Bruch
Joanne Hatch Bruch is married to Herbert Bruch, Hilde's nephew, whose guardianship she assumed after his parents and sister were killed in the holocaust. When Hilde died in 1984, Joanne sorted through the voluminous keepsakes of a sentimental "pack rat," whose roots were locked in dog-eared and yellowing documents from an earlier lifetime, and discovered a fascinating story. Joanne has ... Read more
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