Victorian Lunacy
| Author | : S. E. D. Shortt |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2011-02-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521172829 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521172820 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (820 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Victorian Lunacy by : S. E. D. Shortt
Download or read book Victorian Lunacy written by S. E. D. Shortt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1986 book explores the theory and practice of late nineteenth-century psychiatry. Psychiatric theory is discussed less as an objective body of biomedical knowledge than as a product of the social turmoil that characterized the final decades of the nineteenth century.