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: |
March 2006 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Joseph Melling
• Bill Forsythe
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
296 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-30174-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-30174-2 |
Barcode: |
9780415301749 |
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