| Mental Disability in Victorian England: The Earlswood Asylum 1847-1901 Contributor(s): Wright, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199246394 ISBN-13: 9780199246397 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $232.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: Recently, we have witnessed a growing scholarly interest in the history of disability. In this book, David Wright investigates the social history of institutionalization and reveals the diversity of the "insane" population and the complexities of institutional committal in Victorian England--using the National Asylum for Idiots (Earlswood) as a case study. He contends that institutional confinement of mentally disabled and mentally ill individuals in the nineteenth century cannot be understood independently of a detailed analysis of familial and community patterns of care. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 362.230 |
| LCCN: 2001021791 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.31" W x 8.35" (0.99 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recently, we have witnessed a growing scholarly interest in the history of disability. In this book, David Wright investigates the social history of institutionalization and reveals the diversity of the insane population and the complexities of institutional committal in Victorian England--using the National Asylum for Idiots (Earlswood) as a case study. He contends that institutional confinement of mentally disabled and mentally ill individuals in the nineteenth century cannot be understood independently of a detailed analysis of familial and community patterns of care. |
