Committed to the State Asylum : Insanity and Society in Nineteenth-Century Quebec and Ontario
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
McGill-Queen’s/Associated Medical Servic
ISBN-10
0773521895
ISBN-13
9780773521896
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint
McGill-Queen's University Press
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 6th, 2001
Print length
216 Pages
Weight
372 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.90 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural historyPenology & punishmentMental health services
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An examination of the evolution of the asylum as the response to insanity in 19th-century Quebec and Ontario. Focusing on the creation and development of government-funded asylums for the insane, it argues that asylum development was the result of complex relationships among an array of people.
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