The Politics of Madness The State, Insanity and Society in England, 1845-1914 |
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| Author:
| Melling, Joseph
Forsythe, Bill |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-30174-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $230.00 |
Book Description:
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Within a social and cultural history of the English political and class order, this text presents a fresh appraisal of the significance of the asylum in the decades following the creation of a national asylum system in 1845.
Within a social and cultural history of the English political and class order, this text presents a fresh appraisal of the significance of the asylum in the decades following the creation of a national asylum system in 1845.