Life in the Victorian Asylum

Mark Stevens (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

176 Seiten

2015
Pen & Sword Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78159-373-8 (ISBN)

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An original approach, combining a descriptive patient's view of life in the Victorian asylum with a historically accurate presentation of nineteenth century mental health.

Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of the nineteenth century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed and the treatments they received, as well as the enduring legacy of these remarkable institutions. Mark Stevens, the best-selling author of Broadmoor Revealed, is a professional archivist and expert on asylum records. In this book, he delves into Victorian mental health archives to recreate the experience of entering an asylum and being treated there, perhaps for a lifetime. Praise for Broadmoor Revealed 'Superb,' Family Tree magazine 'Detailed and thoughtful,' Times Literary Supplement 'Paints a fascinating picture,' Who Do You Think You Are? magazine

Mark Stevens is a professional archivist who works at the Berkshire Record Office. He looks after the Broadmoor and Fair Mile Hospital archives and writes and talks extensively about Victorian mental health. Life in the Victorian Asylum is his second book, and acts as a companion to Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum (Pen & Sword, 2013).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.2.2015
Zusatzinfo	25 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Barnsley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
ISBN-10	1-78159-373-6 / 1781593736
ISBN-13	978-1-78159-373-8 / 9781781593738
Zustand	Neuware