Title Insanity and the lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century / edited by Thomas Knowles and Serena Trowbridge

Published London : Pickering & Chatto, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Perspectives in economic and social history ; 36 Perspectives in economic and social history ; no. 36. Summary 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 â#x80;#x93; its architecture, funding and purpose â#x80;#x93; and at the experience of those who were sent there Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-217) and index Notes CIP data; item not viewed Subject Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- History -- 19th century People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- History -- 19th century Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 19th century Psychiatric hospital care -- History -- 19th century Mentally ill in literature. Psychiatric hospitals in literature. Mentally Ill Persons -- history POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare. Mentally ill in literature Mentally ill -- Institutional care People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care Psychiatric hospital care Psychiatric hospitals Psychiatric hospitals in literature Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Knowles, Thomas, editor Trowbridge, Serena, editor ISBN 9781781440742 1781440743 9781781444368 1781444366

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