Charlotte MacKenzie

Psychiatry for the Rich

A History of Ticehurst Private Asylum 1792-1917

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Produktbeschreibung

The madhouse often figures prominently in popular conceptions of the nineteenth century, yet little is known about the realities of private institutions. In Psychiatry for the Rich, Charlotte MacKenzie examines the history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex to explore the social history of madness and the impact of politics and popular opinion. She details the backgrounds of the patients, their own descriptions of the asylum as well as changes in the institution through the lunacy reforms and developments in medical theory. Challenging many of the accepted views of the Victorian asylum, Money, Medicine and Madness is the most revealing account of the trade in lunacy in the nineteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780415865456
• ISBN-10: 041586545X
• Artikelnr.: 37315659

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