Leonard Smith
Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750-1830
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Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750-1830 constitutes the first comprehensive study of the philanthropic asylum system in Georgian England. Using original research and drawing upon a wide range of expertise on the history of mental health this book demonstrates the crucial role of the lunatic hospitals in the early development of a national system of psychiatric institutions.These hospitals were to form an essential historical link in the emergence of a national system of institutional provision for mentally disordered people. They provided important prototypes for the subsequent development of a network of state-sponsored lunatic asyl…
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Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750-1830 constitutes the first comprehensive study of the philanthropic asylum system in Georgian England. Using original research and drawing upon a wide range of expertise on the history of mental health this book demonstrates the crucial role of the lunatic hospitals in the early development of a national system of psychiatric institutions.These hospitals were to form an essential historical link in the emergence of a national system of institutional provision for mentally disordered people. They provided important prototypes for the subsequent development of a network of state-sponsored lunatic asylums during the nineteenth century. This is an impressive volume which covers various areas including:the provincial lunatic hospitalsmanaging the hospitalmanaging the insane.This book will interest specialist historians as well as mental health professionals and people interested in local and regional studies.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-134-18777-5
- EAN: 9781134187775
- Produktnummer: 16942362
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Abbildungen: 5 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 11 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Leonard D. Smith is an honorary research fellow at the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of Birmingham.
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