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Author:

Stevens, Mark.

Title:

Life in the Victorian asylum : the world of nineteenth century mental health care / Mark Stevens.

Publisher:

Pen & Sword History

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

ix, 176 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plan, map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

1800 - 1899.
Psychiatric hospitals--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals.
Mentally ill--Care.
Psychiatric hospital care.
Mentally ill--History--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Psychiatric hospital care--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Great Britain.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171) and index.

Summary:

Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of the nineteenth century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed and the treatments they received, as well as the enduring legacy of these remarkable institutions. Mark Stevens, the best-selling author of Broadmoor Revealed, is a professional archivist and expert on asylum records. In this book, he delves into Victorian mental health archives to recreate the experience of entering an asylum and being treated there, perhaps for a lifetime.

ISBN:

1781593736
9781781593738

LCCN:

2015513428

Locations:

SPPE104 -- Independence Public Library (Independence)