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This collection of essays explores the development of the lunatic asylum, and the concept of confinement for those considered insane, in different national contexts over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Leading scholars in the field of medical history have contributed extensive primary research through individual case studies in the context of the legal, social, economic, and political situations of thirteen different countries. The book represents the first truly international history of the mental hospital, and is, therefore, a landmark comparative study in the history of medicine.
This collection of essays explores the development of the lunatic asylum, and the concept of confinement for those considered insane, in different national cont
The rise of the asylum constitutes one of the most profound, and controversial, events in the history of medicine. Academics around the world have begun to dire
"Ethnographically rich, thick with gritty details and original insights, Rhodes's revelatory book about US prisons--those who are incarcerated in them and those
A study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe which grew out of disc ussions between its two editors about their wor
