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OverviewThe Art of Asylum-Keeping is a social history of medical practice in a private nineteenth-century asylum, the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in Philadelphia. It recreates everyday life in the asylum and explores its social, as well as its scientific, legitimation. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nancy TomesPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Imprint: University of Pennsylvania Press ISBN: 9781512808377ISBN 10: 1512808377 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 31 October 2016 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""Exceptional... Easily the best history of a mental hospital in Europe or America.""-Reviews in American History" Exceptional... Easily the best history of a mental hospital in Europe or America. -Reviews in American History Exceptional. . . . Easily the best history of a mental hospital in Europe or America. -Reviews in American History Author InformationNancy Tomes is Professor of History at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and author of The Gospel of Germs: Men, Women, and the Microbe in American Life. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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