The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care /
This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion,...
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| Định dạng: | Điện tử eBook |
| Ngôn ngữ: | Tiếng Anh |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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| Loạt: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65244-3 |
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Mục lục:
- 1 . Introduction
- 2. The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns
- 3. An Institutional Marketplace
- 4. ‘A Considerable Degree removed from Pauperism?’: The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients
- 5. ‘The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork’: Employment, Gender and Insanity
- 6. ‘A Great Source of Amusement’: Work Therapy and Recreation
- 7. Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients
- 8. Conclusion.