UID:
edocfu_9961152684502883
Format:
1 online resource (313 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-138-19550-2
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1-136-23707-0
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0-203-10180-4
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1-136-23708-9
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology
Content:
The national public asylum system in Ireland was established during the early nineteenth century and continued to operate up to the close of the twentieth century. These asylums / mental hospitals were a significant physical and social feature of Irish communities. They were used intensively and provided a convenient form of institutional intervention to manage a host of social problems.Irish Insanity identifies the long-term trends in institutional residency through the development of a detailed empirical data set, based on an analysis of original copies of the reports of Inspector of Asylums
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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1. Theories of Irish insanity -- 2. Irish asylum utilisation, 1800-2000 -- 3. The Irish insanity "epidemic," 1800-1956 -- 4. The demise of Irish insanity, 1956-2000 -- 5. Conclusion.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-52225-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-79214-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203101803
