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Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England

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Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England

History

Author: Anna Shepherd

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Collection: Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine

Language: English

Published by: Routledge

Published on: 6th October 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781317319054


Introduction

The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845.

Overview

Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.

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