The Resource The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965, edited by Roy Porter and David Wright
The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965, edited by Roy Porter and David Wright
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- Summary
- This collection of essays explores the rise of the lunatic asylum, and the confinement of those deemed insane, in different national contexts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is therefore the first truly international history of the mental hospital, and a landmark comparative study in the history of medicine
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages)
- Contents
-
- Insanity, institutions and society : the case of the Robben Island Lunatic Asylum, 1846-1910 / Harriet Deacon
- The confinement of the insane in Switzerland, 1900-1970 : Cery (Vaud) and Bel-Air (Geneva) asylums / Jacques Gasser and Geneviève Heller
- Family strategies and medical power : 'voluntary' committal in a Parisian asylum, 1876-1914 / Patricia E. Prestwich
- The confinement of the insane in Victorian Canada : the Hamilton and Toronto asylums, c. 1861-1891 / David Wright, James Moran and Sean Gouglas
- Passage to the asylum : the role of the police in committals of the insane in Victoria, Australia, 1848-1900 / Catharine Coleborne
- The Wittenauer Heilstätten in Berlin : a case record study of psychiatric patients in Germany, 1919-1960 / Andrea Dörries and Thomas Beddies
- Curative asylum, custodial hospital : the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum and State Hospital, 1828-1920 / Peter McCandless
- The state, family, and the insane in Japan, 1900-1945 / Akihito Suzuki
- The limits of psychiatric reform in Argentina, 1890-1946 / Jonathan D. Ablard
- Becoming mad in revolutionary Mexico : mentally ill patients at the General Insane Asylum, Mexico, 1910-1930 / Cristina Rivera-Garza
- Psychiatry and confinement in India / Sanjeev Jain
- Confinement and colonialism in Nigeria / Jonathan Sadowsky
- 'Ireland's crowded madhouses' : the institutional confinement of the insane in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ireland / Elizabeth Malcolm
- The administration of insanity in England 1800 to 1870 / Elaine Murphy
- Isbn
- 9780511205422
- Label
- The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965
- Title
- The confinement of the insane
- Title remainder
- international perspectives, 1800-1965
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Roy Porter and David Wright
- Subject
-
- 1800-1999
- Commitment of Mentally Ill -- history
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Electronic books
- History
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history
- MEDICAL -- Mental Health
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- 20th century
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention | History -- 19th century
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 19th century
- Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This collection of essays explores the rise of the lunatic asylum, and the confinement of those deemed insane, in different national contexts during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is therefore the first truly international history of the mental hospital, and a landmark comparative study in the history of medicine
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- Dewey number
- 362.2/1/09
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- RC439
- LC item number
- .C737 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- NLM call number
-
- 2003 K-490
- WM 11.1
- NLM item number
- C748 2003
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
-
- 1946-2002
- 1965-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
-
- Porter, Roy
- Wright, David
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Mentally ill
- Mentally ill
- History, 20th Century
- Hospitals, Psychiatric
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- History, 19th Century
- Commitment of Mentally Ill
- PSYCHOLOGY
- PSYCHOLOGY
- MEDICAL
- Mentally ill
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Label
- The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965, edited by Roy Porter and David Wright
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Insanity, institutions and society : the case of the Robben Island Lunatic Asylum, 1846-1910 / Harriet Deacon -- The confinement of the insane in Switzerland, 1900-1970 : Cery (Vaud) and Bel-Air (Geneva) asylums / Jacques Gasser and Geneviève Heller -- Family strategies and medical power : 'voluntary' committal in a Parisian asylum, 1876-1914 / Patricia E. Prestwich -- The confinement of the insane in Victorian Canada : the Hamilton and Toronto asylums, c. 1861-1891 / David Wright, James Moran and Sean Gouglas -- Passage to the asylum : the role of the police in committals of the insane in Victoria, Australia, 1848-1900 / Catharine Coleborne -- The Wittenauer Heilstätten in Berlin : a case record study of psychiatric patients in Germany, 1919-1960 / Andrea Dörries and Thomas Beddies -- Curative asylum, custodial hospital : the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum and State Hospital, 1828-1920 / Peter McCandless -- The state, family, and the insane in Japan, 1900-1945 / Akihito Suzuki -- The limits of psychiatric reform in Argentina, 1890-1946 / Jonathan D. Ablard -- Becoming mad in revolutionary Mexico : mentally ill patients at the General Insane Asylum, Mexico, 1910-1930 / Cristina Rivera-Garza -- Psychiatry and confinement in India / Sanjeev Jain -- Confinement and colonialism in Nigeria / Jonathan Sadowsky -- 'Ireland's crowded madhouses' : the institutional confinement of the insane in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ireland / Elizabeth Malcolm -- The administration of insanity in England 1800 to 1870 / Elaine Murphy
- Control code
- 57182228
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511205422
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57182228
- Label
- The confinement of the insane : international perspectives, 1800-1965, edited by Roy Porter and David Wright
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Insanity, institutions and society : the case of the Robben Island Lunatic Asylum, 1846-1910 / Harriet Deacon -- The confinement of the insane in Switzerland, 1900-1970 : Cery (Vaud) and Bel-Air (Geneva) asylums / Jacques Gasser and Geneviève Heller -- Family strategies and medical power : 'voluntary' committal in a Parisian asylum, 1876-1914 / Patricia E. Prestwich -- The confinement of the insane in Victorian Canada : the Hamilton and Toronto asylums, c. 1861-1891 / David Wright, James Moran and Sean Gouglas -- Passage to the asylum : the role of the police in committals of the insane in Victoria, Australia, 1848-1900 / Catharine Coleborne -- The Wittenauer Heilstätten in Berlin : a case record study of psychiatric patients in Germany, 1919-1960 / Andrea Dörries and Thomas Beddies -- Curative asylum, custodial hospital : the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum and State Hospital, 1828-1920 / Peter McCandless -- The state, family, and the insane in Japan, 1900-1945 / Akihito Suzuki -- The limits of psychiatric reform in Argentina, 1890-1946 / Jonathan D. Ablard -- Becoming mad in revolutionary Mexico : mentally ill patients at the General Insane Asylum, Mexico, 1910-1930 / Cristina Rivera-Garza -- Psychiatry and confinement in India / Sanjeev Jain -- Confinement and colonialism in Nigeria / Jonathan Sadowsky -- 'Ireland's crowded madhouses' : the institutional confinement of the insane in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ireland / Elizabeth Malcolm -- The administration of insanity in England 1800 to 1870 / Elaine Murphy
- Control code
- 57182228
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511205422
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)57182228
Subject
- 1800-1999
- Commitment of Mentally Ill -- history
- Cross-Cultural Comparison
- Electronic books
- History
- History, 19th Century
- History, 20th Century
- Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history
- MEDICAL -- Mental Health
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- 20th century
- Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention | History -- 19th century
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health
- PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness
- Psychiatric hospitals
- Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 19th century
- Psychiatric hospitals -- History -- 20th century
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