Chapter 3 Lunatics' rights activism in Britain and the German Empire, 1870-1920 a European perspective

This comparative study examines the emergence and political significance of lunatics' rights activism in Europe between 1870 and 1920. In writing the history of the criticism of psychiatry, scholars have so far mainly focused on the second half of the twentieth century. This chapter, however, s...

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Main Author: Brückner, Burkhart (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Manchester Manchester University Press 2021
Series:Social Histories of Medicine
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