Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914 (Hardcover, New)

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.

Related link: The Society for the Social History of Medicine
eBook available with sample pages: 0203025784

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine
Release date:	April 1999
First published:	1999
Editors:	Bill Forsythe • Joseph Melling
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-18441-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Disability: social aspects Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Mental health services Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-415-18441-X
Barcode:	9780415184410

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