This Way Madness Lies

by Mike Jay

Book Overview

This Way Madness Lies is a thought-provoking exploration of the history of madness and its treatment as seen through the lens of its proverbial home: Bethlem Royal Hospital, London, popularly known as Bedlam. The book charts the evolution of the asylum through four incarnations: the eighteenth-century madhouse, the nineteenth century asylum, the twentieth-century mental hospital, and the post-asylum modern day, when mental health has become the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500518971
• ISBN13: 9780500518977
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 11.2"