Cost of insanity in nineteenth-century ireland, the: public, voluntary and private asylum care
Auteur :
Mauger, Alice
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783319652436
Date de publication :
26 janv. 2018
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion, identity and insanity.