Psychiatry for the Rich : A History of Ticehurst Private Asylum 1792-1917 PDF
by Charlotte MacKenzie
- Information
Description
The madhouse often figures prominently in popular conceptions of the nineteenth century, yet little is known about the realities of private institutions. In Psychiatry for the Rich, Charlotte MacKenzie examines the history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex to explore the social history of madness and the impact of politics and popular opinion. She details the backgrounds of the patients, their own descriptions of the asylum as well as changes in the institution through the lunacy reforms and developments in medical theory.
Challenging many of the accepted views of the Victorian asylum, Money, Medicine and Madness is the most revealing account of the trade in lunacy in the nineteenth century.
Information
-
Download Now
- Format:PDF
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date:25/02/1993
- Category:
- ISBN:9780203984017
Other Formats
- PDF from £44.09
- Hardback from £104.59
- Paperback / softback from £41.62
- EPUB from £44.09
Information
-
Download Now
- Format:PDF
- Pages:248 pages
- Publisher:Taylor and Francis
- Publication Date:25/02/1993
- Category:
- ISBN:9780203984017