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Insanity, institutions and society, 1800-1914 : a social history of madness in comparative perspective

1999
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The contributors to this guide examine the growth of institutional care for the insane during the 19th and 20th centuries in Great Britain and compare British institutions with colonial examples from as far as India and South Africa.
Main title:
Insanity, institutions and society, 1800-1914 : a social history of madness in comparative perspective / edited by Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe.
Author:
Melling, JosephForsythe, Bill
Imprint:
London : Routledge, 1999.
Collation:
xii, 328p. : ill.
Series title:
Studies in the social history of medicine
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-318) and index.
ISBN:
9780415184410 (hbk)041518441X (hbk)
Dewey class:
362.21094362.2
Language:
English
Subject:
Psychiatric hospital care -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centurySocial psychiatry -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryMentally ill -- Great Britain -- Institutional care -- History -- 19th century
BRN:
2088397
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