Charlotte MacKenzie

Psychiatry for the Rich

A History of Ticehurst Private Asylum 1792-1917

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Produktbeschreibung

Through a detailed history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex, Charlotte MacKenzie explores the consumer revolution which stimulated the proliferation of madhouses in Britain during the nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780415088916
• ISBN-10: 0415088917
• Artikelnr.: 22112101

Autorenporträt

Charlotte MacKenzie

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The commercialization of care
Chapter 2 Starting a family business
Chapter 3 The asylum and moral reform
Chapter 4 Madness and the Victorian family
Chapter 5 Mid-Victorian prosperity
Chapter 6 The fourth generation
Chapter 7 The protection of private care
Conclusion
Bibliography Index