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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Main Author: | Mauger, Alice (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Basingstoke
Springer Nature
2017
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Series: | Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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