Crime, madness and politics in modern france: the medical concept of national decline
Auteur :
Nye, Robert A.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691640532
Date de publication :
19 avr. 2016
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 cm
Poids :
879 g
Format :
B315
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Robert A. Nye places in historical context a medical concept of deviance that developed in France in the last half of the nineteenth century, when medical models of cultural crisis linked thinking about crime, mental illness, prostitution, alcoholism, suicide, and other pathologies to French national decline. Originally published in 1984. The Pri