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The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965 /
This collection of essays explores the rise of the lunatic asylum, and the confinement of those deemed insane, in different national contexts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is therefore the first truly international history of the mental hospital, and a landmark comparative study...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This collection of essays explores the rise of the lunatic asylum, and the confinement of those deemed insane, in different national contexts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is therefore the first truly international history of the mental hospital, and a landmark comparative study in the history of medicine. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511063431 9780511063435 0511071892 9780511071898 9780511497612 051149761X 9780521802062 0521802067 1280160500 9781280160509 9786610160501 6610160503 0511205422 9780511205422 0511119410 9780511119415 0511326513 9780511326516 9780521283342 0521283345 |