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Title: GENDER AND CLASS IN ENGLISH ASYLUMS, 1890-1914
By: L. Hide
Format: Hardback

List price: £79.99


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ISBN 10: 1137321423
ISBN 13: 9781137321428
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 1 September, 2014
Pages: 240
Description: An unprecedented number of people were sent to 'lunatic asylums' in the nineteenth century. But what was life like inside? How was order maintained? And why were so many doctors on the verge of a breakdown themselves? This book provides a glimpse into the lives of patients and staff inside two London asylums at the turn of the twentieth century.
Synopsis: An unprecedented number of people were sent to 'lunatic asylums' in the nineteenth century. But what was life like inside? How was order maintained? And why were so many doctors on the verge of a breakdown themselves? This book provides a glimpse into the lives of patients and staff inside two London asylums at the turn of the twentieth century.
Illustrations: XII, 240 p.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Non-returnable
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