Committed to the state asylum : insanity and society in nineteenth-century Quebec and Ontario /
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Summary: | Committed to the State Asylum examines the evolution of the asylum as the response to insanity in nineteenth-century Quebec and Ontario. Focusing on the creation and development of government-funded asylums for the insane - among the largest and most important nineteenth-century institutions in both provinces - James Moran argues that asylum development was the result of complex relationships among a wide array of people, including state inspectors and administrators, asylum doctors, local magistrates, jail surgeons, religious authorities, and the relatives and neighbours of those who were considered to be insane. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 226 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-222) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780773568839 0773568832 0773521224 9780773521223 0773521895 9780773521896 |