Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914

Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914 - Studies in the Social History of Medicine

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Publisher's Synopsis

This comprehensive collection provides a fascinating summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Revising and revisiting Foucault, it looks at the significance of ethnicity, race and gender as well as the impact of political and cultural factors, throughout Britain and in a colonial context. It questions historically what it means to be mad and how, if at all, to care.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780415184410
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 362.2
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 328
Weight: 586g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 23mm