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Institutionalizing the Insane in Nineteenth-Century England

Anna Shepherd author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:14th Oct '24

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The nineteenth century brought an increased awareness of mental disorder, epitomized in the Asylum Acts of 1808 and 1845. Shepherd looks at two very different institutions to provide a nuanced account of the nineteenth-century mental health system.

ISBN: 9781032925882

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 444g

240 pages