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

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

xvii, 236 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-229) and index.

The stereotype of senility in late-nineteenth-century America -- Beyond the characteristic plaques and tangles -- From senility to successful aging -- The renaissance of pathology -- The health politics of anguish -- The preservation of selfhood in the culture of dementia.