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Nancy Tomes

The Art of Asylum-Keeping - Thomas Story Kirkbride and the Origins of American Psychiatry

English · Hardback

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About the author

Nancy Tomes is Professor of History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and author of The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life.

Report

"Exceptional. . . . Easily the best history of a mental hospital in Europe or America."--Reviews in American History

Product details

Authors	Nancy Tomes
Publisher	De Gruyter

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	29.04.1994

EAN	9780812215397
ISBN	978-0-8122-1539-7
No. of pages	388
Dimensions	155 mm x 32 mm x 230 mm
Weight	777 g
Illustrations	19 illus.
Series	Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
Subject	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General

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