| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 369 pages.) |
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Publications of the German Historical Institute |
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Publications of the German Historical Institute
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| Contents |
1. Elias, Foucault, Oestreich: On a Historical Theory of Confinement / Norbert Finzsch -- 2. Four Centuries of Prison History: Punishment, Suffering, the Body, and Power / Pieter Spierenburg -- 3. The Transformation of the American Hospital / Morris J. Vogel -- 4. The Construction of the Hospital Patient in Early Modern France / Colin Jones -- 5. Before the Clinic Was "Born": Methodological Perspectives in Hospital History / Guenter B. Risse -- 6. Syphilis and Confinement: Hospitals in Early Modern Germany / Robert Jutte -- 7. Madhouses, Children's Wards, and Clinics: The Development of Insane Asylums in Germany / Christina Vanja -- 8. Pietist Universal Reform and Care of the Sick and the Poor: The Medical Institutions of the Francke Foundations and Their Social Context / Renate Wilson -- 9. Michel Foucault's Impact on the German Historiography of Criminal Justice, Social Discipline, and Medicalization / Martin Dinges |
| Notes |
Based on revised versions of papers delivered at a conference held at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., from June 6-9, 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Based on revised versions of papers delivered at a conference held at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., from June 6-9, 1992 |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Prisons -- Europe, Western -- History
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Hospitals -- Europe, Western -- History
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Prisons -- United States -- History
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Hospitals -- United States -- History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Finzsch, Norbert
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Jütte, Robert
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Cambridge University Press
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| ISBN |
9781139052535 (electronic bk.) |
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1139052535 (electronic bk.) |
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