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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Scull , Charlotte MacKenzie , Nicholas HerveyPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 346 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780691637327ISBN 10: 0691637326 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 19 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsCh. 1The Transformation of the Mad-Doctoring Trade3Ch. 2A Bethlemetical Mad-Doctor: John Haslam (1764-1844)10Ch. 3A Brilliant Career? John Conolly (1794-1866)48Ch. 4The Alienist as Propagandist: W.A.F. Browne (1805-1885)84Ch. 5Treating the Mad outside Asylum Walls: Sir Alexander Morison (1779-1866)123Ch. 6The Administration of Lunacy in Victorian England: Samuel Gaskell (1807-1886)161Ch. 7From Disciple to Critic: Sir John Charles Bucknill (1817-1897)187Ch. 8Degeneration and Despair: Henry Maudsley (1835-1918)226Ch. 9Conclusion268Notes275Index353ReviewsThe authors. . . give their story a human dimension by concentrating on seven of the most prominent men active in `mad doctoring' in the 19th century. Several of these. . . emerge with great vividness, and along the way some extraordinary events come to light. . . . [A] fascinating book. . . . --Patrick McGrath, Los Angeles Times Book Review The alienists emerge from this account as a devious, none too honest and intellectually rather dull lot, more interested in their incomes and their acceptance by society as gentlemen than the welfare of their patients. . . . [The book] is never less than engrossing. --Theodore Dalrymple, The Spectator Scull, MacKenzie and Hervey have produced an elegantly written work, which is exhaustively referenced, indicating scholarship of an impressive standard. It contains all the essential information about those early figures of British psychiatry. --Hugh Freeman, The Times Higher Education Supplement This admirably well-researched and well-planned book details [historical] changes with great clarity. The book's mixture of biography and history, a pleasing combination, allows us to follow the contours of culture, ideas and social structure as the century develops and to see where twentieth-century attitudes originated. --John Clay, Literary Review This book is a triumph of biography, written by three accomplished historians of psychiatry. Individual chapters represent insightful and elegantly presented accounts of prominent alienists, based on meticulous research, judiciously chosen quotations, and an attention to detail and context. --David Wright, The Times Literary Supplement This book is a triumph of biography, written by three accomplished historians of psychiatry. Individual chapters represent insightful and elegantly presented accounts of prominent alienists, based on meticulous research, judiciously chosen quotations, and an attention to detail and context. --David Wright, The Times Literary Supplement This admirably well-researched and well-planned book details [historical] changes with great clarity. The book's mixture of biography and history, a pleasing combination, allows us to follow the contours of culture, ideas and social structure as the century develops and to see where twentieth-century attitudes originated. --John Clay, Literary Review Scull, MacKenzie and Hervey have produced an elegantly written work, which is exhaustively referenced, indicating scholarship of an impressive standard. It contains all the essential information about those early figures of British psychiatry. --Hugh Freeman, The Times Higher Education Supplement The alienists emerge from this account as a devious, none too honest and intellectually rather dull lot, more interested in their incomes and their acceptance by society as gentlemen than the welfare of their patients... [The book] is never less than engrossing. --Theodore Dalrymple, The Spectator The authors... give their story a human dimension by concentrating on seven of the most prominent men active in 'mad doctoring' in the 19th century. Several of these... emerge with great vividness, and along the way some extraordinary events come to light... [A] fascinating book... --Patrick McGrath, Los Angeles Times Book Review """This book is a triumph of biography, written by three accomplished historians of psychiatry. Individual chapters represent insightful and elegantly presented accounts of prominent alienists, based on meticulous research, judiciously chosen quotations, and an attention to detail and context.""--David Wright, The Times Literary Supplement ""This admirably well-researched and well-planned book details [historical] changes with great clarity. The book's mixture of biography and history, a pleasing combination, allows us to follow the contours of culture, ideas and social structure as the century develops and to see where twentieth-century attitudes originated.""--John Clay, Literary Review ""Scull, MacKenzie and Hervey have produced an elegantly written work, which is exhaustively referenced, indicating scholarship of an impressive standard. It contains all the essential information about those early figures of British psychiatry.""--Hugh Freeman, The Times Higher Education Supplement ""The alienists emerge from this account as a devious, none too honest and intellectually rather dull lot, more interested in their incomes and their acceptance by society as gentlemen than the welfare of their patients... [The book] is never less than engrossing.""--Theodore Dalrymple, The Spectator ""The authors... give their story a human dimension by concentrating on seven of the most prominent men active in 'mad doctoring' in the 19th century. Several of these... emerge with great vividness, and along the way some extraordinary events come to light... [A] fascinating book... ""--Patrick McGrath, Los Angeles Times Book Review" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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