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Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England

By Anna Shepherd

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
1848934319, 9781848934313
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2204217 bytes)
Series
Studies for the Society for the Social HIST of Medicine
Edition
1
Pages
240\241
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-10-10 21:09:05
England Great Britain Europe History Humanities Ne

Description

The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.

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