Mental disability in victorian england: the earlswood asylum 1847-1901
Auteur :
Wright, David
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199246397
Date de publication :
4 oct. 2001
Dimensions :
22,4 x 14,5 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
411 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This work investigates the emergence of "idiot" asylums in Victorian England. Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, as a case-study, it examines the social history of institutionalization and the relationship between the medical institution and the society whence its patients came.