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The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland - Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018) Loot Price: R893
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The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland - Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care (Paperback, Softcover reprint of...

The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland - Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)

Alice Mauger

Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective

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This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion, identity and insanity. It questions whether medical and lay explanations of mental illness and its causes, and patient experiences, were influenced by these concepts. The strong emphasis on land and its interconnectedness with notions of class identity and respectability in Ireland lends a particularly interesting dimension. The book interrogates the popular notion that relatives were routinely locked away to be deprived of land or inheritance, querying how often "land grabbing" Irish families really abused the asylum system for their personal economic gain. The book will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth-century Ireland and the history of psychiatry and medicine in Britain and Ireland.

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Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin: Switzerland
Series: Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Release date: June 2019
First published: 2018
Authors: Alice Mauger
Dimensions: 210 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 281
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13: 978-3-319-87983-3
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN: 3-319-87983-9
Barcode: 9783319879833

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