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The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Hardcover): Alice Mauger The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Hardcover)
Alice Mauger
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland - Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Alice... The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland - Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Alice Mauger
R829 R740 Discovery Miles 7 400 Save R89 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

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
R893 Discovery Miles 8 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Paperback): Alice Mauger The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland (Paperback)
Alice Mauger
R1,195 Discovery Miles 11 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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