Insanity, institutions, and society, 1800-1914 /
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Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 1999. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 328 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in the social history of medicine Studies in the social history of medicine. |
Subject: | Psychiatric hospital care -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Social psychiatry -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Mental health laws -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health. PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness. MEDICAL -- Mental Health. Mental health laws. Psychiatric hospital care. Social psychiatry. United Kingdom. Great Britain. Electronic books. Electronic books. History. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11117005 |
Other authors / contributors: | Melling, Joseph. Forsythe, Bill. |
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ISBN: | 0203170687 9780203170687 9780415184410 041518441X 041518441X 9780203025789 0203025784 9781134668755 1134668759 9781134668700 1134668708 9781134668748 1134668740 9781138868243 1138868248 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-318) and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | A valuable guide to current work in the social and cultural history of insanity. It provides a comprehensive summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
Other form: | Print version: Insanity, institutions, and society, 1800-1914. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999 041518441X |
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