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MENTAL HEALTH AND CANADIAN SOCIETY
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES |
By: |
James E. Moran, David Wright |
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ISBN 10: |
0773531319 |
ISBN 13: |
9780773531314 |
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Publisher: |
MCGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
14 August, 2006 |
Series: |
McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services Studies in the History of |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
Challenges generalisations about the mentally ill and the history of mental health in Canada. Considering the period since colonialism, this work examines such issues as the rise of the insanity plea, the Victorian asylum as a tourist attraction, and the treatment of First Nations people in western mental hospitals. |
Synopsis: |
An illuminating study of the complex history of madness. |
Publication: |
Canada |
Imprint: |
McGill-Queen's University Press |
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