The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965 /

This collection of essays explores the rise of the lunatic asylum, and the confinement of those deemed insane, in different national contexts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is therefore the first truly international history of the mental hospital, and a landmark comparative study...

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Chi tiết về thư mục
Tác giả khác: Porter, Roy, 1946-2002, Wright, David, 1965-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Miêu tả
Tóm tắt:This collection of essays explores the rise of the lunatic asylum, and the confinement of those deemed insane, in different national contexts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is therefore the first truly international history of the mental hospital, and a landmark comparative study in the history of medicine.
Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages) : illustrations
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references and index.
số ISBN:0511063431
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