Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison by Hornblum, Allen M.

Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415919906)

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Format: Hardcover
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Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison by Hornblum, Allen M.

Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison

$190.00
Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison by Hornblum, Allen M.

Acres of Skin: Human Experiments at Holmesburg Prison

$190.00
Format: Hardcover
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At a time of increased interest and renewed shock over the Tuskegee syphilis experiments, Acres of Skin sheds light on yet another dark episode of American medical history. In this disturbing expose, Allen M. Hornblum tells the story of Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison.



Author: Allen M. Hornblum
ISBN-10: 0415919908
ISBN-13: 9780415919906
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/14/1998
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.40w x 1.17d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/30/1998 pg. 57
Booklist 05/01/1998 pg. 1479
Library Journal 05/15/1998 pg. 105
New York Times 08/16/1998 pg. 16
By Allen M. Hornblum
By Allen M. Hornblum
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Allen M. Hornblum teaches Urban Studies at Temple University. He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Prison System and as the Chief of Staff of Philadelphia's Sheriff's Office.

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