London and Its Asylums, 1888-1914: Politics and Madness

by Rob Ellis

This book explores the impact that politics had on the management of mental health care at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 1888 and the introduction of the Local Government Act marked a turning point in which democratically elected bodies became responsible for the management of madness for the first time. With its focus on London in the period leading up to the First World War, it offers a new way to look at institutions and to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030444317
• ISBN13: 9783030444310
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"