Title The prerogative of asylumdom : social, cultural, and administrative aspects of the institutional treatment of the insane in nineteenth-century Britain / D.J. Mellett

Published New York : Garland, 1982

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W'PONDS	362.20941 Mel		AVAILABLE

Description 257 pages ; 27 cm Series Modern British history ; 14 Modern British history ; 14 Notes Includes index Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Cambridge, 1977) Bibliography Bibliography: pages 237-254 Subject Mental health laws -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Mental health laws -- Great Britain -- History. Mentally ill -- Care -- Great Britain -- History. Mentally ill -- Care -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- Great Britain -- History. Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain -- History. LC no. 81048363 ISBN 0824051599

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