The Poor Law of Lunacy

by Peter Bartlett

Examines the legal and administrative regime of the 19th-century asylum, and argues that it is to be thought of as an aspect of English poor law, in which the medical superintendent of the asylum has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0718501047
• ISBN13: 9780718501044
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Leicester University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"