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 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-203-33534-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2006 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $52.95 |
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.