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Mental Disability in Victorian England

The Earlswood Asylum 1847-1901

Gebonden Engels 2001 9780199246397
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This book contributes to the growing scholarly interest in the history of disability by investigating the emergence of 'idiot' asylums in Victorian England. Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, as a case-study, David Wright investigates the social history of institutionalization and reveals the diversity of the 'insane' population and the complexities of institutional committal in Victorian England. He contends that institutional confinement of mentally disabled and mentally ill individuals in the nineteenth century cannot be understood independently of a detailed analysis of familial and community patterns of care.

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ISBN13:9780199246397
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:256
Uitgever:OUP OXFORD
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1DDU-GB-E Engeland
3ML 18e eeuw, ca. 1700 tot ca. 1799
3MN 19e eeuw, ca. 1800 tot ca. 1899

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