The discovery and treatment of insanity remains one of the most
debated and discussed issues in social history. Focusing on the
second half of the nineteenth century, The Politics of Madness
provides a new perspective on this important topic, based on
research drawn from both local and national material. Within a
social and cultural history of the English political and class
order, it presents a fresh appraisal of the significance of the
asylum in the decades following the creation of a national asylum
system in 1845. Arguing that the new asylums provided a meeting
place for different social interests and aspirations, the text
asserts that this then marked a transition in provincial power
relations from the landed interests to the new coalition of
professional, commercial and populist groups, which gained control
of the public asylums at the end of the period surveyed.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine |
| Release date: |
February 2014 |
| First published: |
2004 |
| Authors: |
Joseph Melling
• Bill Forsythe
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
296 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-00869-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-138-00869-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781138008694 |
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