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Work, psychiatry and society, c.1750-2015 /
This text offers the first systematic critical appraisal of the uses of work and work therapy in psychiatric institutions across the globe, from the late 18th to the end of the 20th century. Contributors explore the daily routine in psychiatric institutions and ask whether work was therapy, part of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Manchester History of Medicine
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This text offers the first systematic critical appraisal of the uses of work and work therapy in psychiatric institutions across the globe, from the late 18th to the end of the 20th century. Contributors explore the daily routine in psychiatric institutions and ask whether work was therapy, part of a regime of punishment or a means of exploiting free labour. By focusing on mental patients' day-to-day life in closed institutions, the authors fill a gap in the history of psychiatric regimes. The geographical scope is wide, ranging from Northern America to Japan, India and Western as well as Eastern Europe, and the authors engage with broad historical questions, such as the impact of colonialism and communism and the effect of the World Wars. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 378 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781526109255 1526109255 9781526109262 1526109263 |