The Art of Asylum-Keeping

by Nancy Tomes

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The 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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812215397

ISBN13:9780812215397

Release Date:May 1994

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary

Length:424 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary

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Business Business & Investing Economics Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Medical Medical Books Mental Illness Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences

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