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Insanity and the lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century

By Knowles , Thomas; Trowbridge , Serena

Book information

Publisher
Routledge;Pickering & Chatto
Year
2014
ISBN
1848934521, 978-1-84893-452-8, 9781781440742, 1781440743, 9781781444368, 1781444366
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1932756 bytes)
Series
Perspectives on Economics and Social History
Pages
256\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- History -- 1

Description

The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at the asylum from the perspective of the place itself – its architecture, funding and purpose – and at the experience of those who were sent there

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