The peculiar institution and the making of modern psychiatry, 1840-1880 /

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"Though the origins of asylums can be traced to Europe, the systematic segregation of the mentally ill into specialized institutions occurred in the Unites States only after 1800, just as the struggle to end slavery took hold. In this book, Wendy Gonaver examines the relationship between these...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gonaver, Wendy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Psychiatry > United States > History.
Slavery > Social aspects > United States.
Social medicine > United States.
Medical policy > United States > History.
Discrimination in medical care > United States > History.
Psychiatry > Political aspects > United States > History.
Psychiatry > Social aspects > United States > History.
Psychiatric hospitals > United States > History.
Psychiatry > history
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
Discrimination dans les soins médicaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
MEDICAL > History.
Discrimination in medical care
Medical policy
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatry
Psychiatry > Political aspects
Psychiatry > Social aspects
Slavery > Social aspects
Social medicine
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • No peculiar strictness is observed: slavery and innovation
  • As the eagle to the sparrow: enslaved attendants and caregiving
  • Servants, obey your masters: religion and resistance
  • Now she is choked: gender and violence
  • So different: the asylum and the civil war
  • Not a human being: reconstruction and racism.

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