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History of Madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency
Roy Porter
ISBN: 9780140124781
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: New edition
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An exploration of the attitudes towards, and treatments for, madness in the age before the mass asylum and the emergence of the psychiatric profession. It explores early social policy towards the insane and how this led to the piecemeal development of lunatic asylums.
"Mind-Forg'd Manacles" explores attitudes towards and treatments for madness in the age before the mass asylum and the emergence of the psychiatric profession. It aims to show how vernacular culture and Christian doctrine had traditionally offered explanations of insanity and how these views were displaced by the secularizing mind of the Enlightenment. It explores early social policy towards the insane and how this led to the piecemeal development of lunatic asylums. It also looks at the theoretical and practical aspects of psychiatric therapies.
| ISBN | 0140124780 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9780140124781
(What's this?) | | Pages | 432 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 288 | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Publication date | 14 May 1990 | | Width (mm) | 128 | | Library of Congress | RC450.G7 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 616.8900942 | | Academic level | General |
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