Mental disability in Victorian England the Earlswood Asylum, 1847-1901
Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood as a case-study, this work looks into the emergence of 'idiot' asylums in Victorian England. Wright examines the social history of institutionalisation
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
2001, 2001
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| Series: | Oxford historical monographs / Oxford historical monographs
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood as a case-study, this work looks into the emergence of 'idiot' asylums in Victorian England. Wright examines the social history of institutionalisation |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 244 p. ill., maps |
| ISBN: | 9780191715235 |