The Politics of Madness The State, Insanity and Society in England, 1845–1914 Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine Series
Auteurs : Melling Joseph, Forsythe Bill
The discovery and treatment of insanity remains one of the most debated and discussed issues in social history.
Focusing on the second half of the nineteenth century, The Politics of Madness provides a new perspective on this important topic, based on research drawn from both local and national material. Within a social and cultural history of the English political and class order, it presents a fresh appraisal of the significance of the asylum in the decades following the creation of a national asylum system in 1845.
Arguing that the new asylums provided a meeting place for different social interests and aspirations, the text asserts that this then marked a transition in provincial power relations from the landed interests to the new coalition of professional, commercial and populist groups, which gained control of the public asylums at the end of the period surveyed.
Date de parution : 02-2014
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 03-2006
Ouvrage de 240 p.
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes de The Politics of Madness :
Mots-clés :
Devon Asylum; Asylums; Young Men; Cities; devon; Devon County Asylum; Doctor; asylum; Wonford House; Government; lunacy; Pauper Lunatic; Insanity; commission; County Asylum; Legal; pauper; Lunacy Commission; Poor Law; lunatics; Pauper Lunatic Asylum; Poverty; county; Exminster Asylum; Social reform; poor; County Pauper Lunatic Asylum; Charity; law; Poor Law Medical Officer; Hospitals; Lunacy Commissioners; Union; Contemporary Society; Labourers; Pauper Asylum; Police; Private Licensed Houses; Asylum Care; Relationships; Lunacy Legislation; Disease; Borough Asylum; Medicine; Relieving Officer; Children; Poor Law Provision; Liverpool; Poor Law Board; Marriage; Friendship; Lord Chancellor's Office; Workhouse; Subscription Hospitals; Agriculture; Married Women; Employment; Youth; Disability