Author: PORTER, ROY (1946-2002)
Title: Mind-forg'd manacles : a history of madness in England from the Restoration to the Regency / Roy Porter
Description: London : Athlone Press 1987. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute with its presentation bookplate. being presented by the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund. Physical description; xii. 412 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Hardback. Bibliography. English. Summary; The treatment of madness and the rise of psychiatry in nineteenth century England have been well served by recent historians. but we lack a comprehensive overview of earlier developments. This book explores attitudes towards and treatment for madness in the age before the mass asylum and the emergence of the psychiatric profession. It shows how vernacular culture and Christian doctrine had traditionally offered explanations of insanity. and how these views were displaced by the secularizing mind of the Enlightenment. It explores early social policy towards the mad. and who this led to the piecemeal development of lunatic asylums. looking at the theoretical and practical aspects of psychiatric therapies. Not least. it probes what it felt like to be insane. or taken for insane. through analysis of the surviving writings of mad people themselves. The viewpoint of mad people. doctors and society at large are balanced in the study which is less concerned to trace the progress of psychiatry than to explore the many meanings of madness. [source: book cover]. Subjects; 17th Century. 18th Century. 19th Century. 17th-18th centuries. Mental Disorders. Mental illness — Great Britain — history — 18th century. Mentally Ill Persons — Care — Great Britain — history — 18th century. Psychiatry — Great Britain — history — 18th century. Mental Disorders — history — Great Britain. History. 18th Century — Great Britain. Hospitals. Psychiatric — history — Great Britain. Mental Health Services — history — Great Britain. Psychiatry — Great Britain — history. Mental illness — England — History. Mentally ill — Care — Great Britain — History — 18th century. Mental illness — History — England. Mental illness — England — History — 18th century. Mentally ill — Care — England — History — 18th century. Psychiatry — England — History — 18th century. History. 19th Century. Mental Disorders — history — England. Psychiatry — history — England. Mental Disorders — history. Psychiatry — history. Hospitals. Psychiatric — history. Mental illness. Mentally ill — Care. Psychiatry. Mentally ill — Great Britain. Mental illness — Great Britain — History. Mentally ill — Care — Great Britain — History. Mental disorders — History — Europe — Great Britain. Mental health services — History — Europe — Great Britain. Hospitals. psychiatric — History — Europe — Great Britain. Psychiatry — History. England. Great Britain. England. Man. Mental illness. — (1660-1830). Psychiatry - Hospitals. clinics. etc. - Great Britain. man — mental illness. History of medicine. Mental illness. Psychiatry. (1600-1699). (1700-1799). man - England - (1660-1830) — mental illness. mental diseases. mentally disabled. psychiatry. History of medicine ; Disability: social aspects ; Social & cultural history. England ; (c 1600 to c 1700) ; (c 1700 to c 1800) ; (c 1800 to c 1900). Philosophy / General. History / General. Genres; Monographs. Student Collection. ISBN: 0485113244. Weight in Kg appr.:

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