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An edition of Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914 (2014)

Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914

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"The Victorian period saw an unprecedented rise in the number of people who were committed to 'lunatic asylums'. We know something of why this happened, but far less about what life was like inside these institutions. Louise Hide explores the influence of wider socio-economic change and new medical theories on the practices and processes, routines and rhythms of the asylum as it began its transition to the mental hospital. What made the patient admission process so traumatic? How did attendants respond to the arrival of female nurses on male wards? Why were so many doctors on the verge of a breakdown themselves? In this meticulously researched and intriguing work, Hide has opened a chink through which to glimpse the lives of patients, doctors and nursing staff inside two vast London county asylums during the turn of the twentieth century"--

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Palgrave Macmillan, Springer
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects

Asylums, History, Women, Social conditions, Social classes, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, PSYCHOLOGY / History, Asylums, great britain, Women, social conditions, Women, great britain, Social classes, great britain, Psychiatric Hospitals, Commitment of Mentally Ill, History, 19th Century, History, 20th Century, Social Class, Social Conditions

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Great Britain

Times

19th century, 20th century
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Cover of: Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914
Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914
2014, Palgrave Macmillan, Springer
in English
Cover of: Gender and Class in English Asylums, 1890-1914
Gender and Class in English Asylums, 1890-1914
2014, Palgrave Macmillan
in English

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Table of Contents

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Introduction1. The Making of the Patient Population2. Medical Officers3. Attendants and Nurses4. The Asylum Regime5. From Asylum to Mental Hospital6. Ward LifeConclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
362.2/30810942
Library of Congress
HV245 .H47 2014, HN8-HN19BF692-692.5R

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Pagination
xii, 240 pages
Number of pages
240

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL31025498M
ISBN 13
9781137321428
LCCN
2014019321
OCLC/WorldCat
880965148

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Work ID
OL23191508W

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