Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine)

Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine)

by Anna Shepherd (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01 Apr 2014

ISBN 10: 1848934319
ISBN 13: 9781848934313