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Taking forward the debate on the role and power of institutions for
treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume challenges
recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of factors impacting
on the care and confinement of the insane since 1850, including
such things as the community, Poor Law authorities, local
government and the voluntary sector. Questioning the notion that
institutions were generally 'benign' and responsive to the needs of
households, this work also emphasizes the important role of the
diversity of interests in shaping institutional facilities. A
fresh, stimulating step forward in the history of institutional
care, Mental Illness and Learning Disability since 1850 is
undoubtedly an important resource for student and scholar alike.
The past two decades have seen serious reappraisal of the role of
psychiatric institutions and mental health services in modern
societies, and in recent years there has been much greater sympathy
for the purpose and benefits of dedicated, as well as secure,
accommodation from those suffering from more serious forms of
mental illness. Taking forward the debate on the role and power of
institutions for treating and incarcerating the insane, this volume
challenges this recent scholarship and focuses on a wide range of
factors impacting on the care and confinement of the insane since
1850, including: the community, poor Law authorities, local
government, and the voluntary sector. Questioning the notion that
institutions were generally 'benign' and responsive to the needs of
households, this work also emphasizes the important role of the
diversity of interests in shaping institutional facilities. A
fresh, stimulating step forward in the history of institutional
care, Mental Illness and Learning Disability Since 1850 is
undoubtedly an important resource for student and scholar alike.
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Cornish Studies Volume 16 (Paperback)
Philip Payton; Contributions by Graham Busby, Pamela Dale, Robert Dickinson, Erik Grigg, …
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R896
Discovery Miles 8 960
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The latest volume of "Cornish Studies" includes articles on the
possible existence of a Medieval Cornish Bible; the rebellion and
Civil War during Cornwall's early modern period; the Cornish Army;
Cornish emigration to Australia; Cornish identity; tourism and
representations of Cornwall in travel writing; and social,
political, economic, and public health issues affecting Cornwall in
the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.
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