Politics of Madness - The State, Insanity and Society in England, 18451914

About the author

Joseph Melling (University of Exeter, UK) (Author) , Bill Forsythe (University of Exeter, UK) (Author)

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Bill Forsythe, Forsythe Bill, Joseph Melling, Joseph Forsythe Melling, Melling Joseph
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.02.2014
• EAN: 9781138008694
• ISBN: 978-1-138-00869-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, Social and cultural history