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496 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847921123
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bodley Head
Publication date: Not specified
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The 19th century saw a series of panics about sane individuals being locked away in lunatic asylums, and public feeling often ran high against the rising 'alienist' (or 'mad doctor') profession. English liberty was seen to be under threat from a n...
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496 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781847921123
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bodley Head
Publication date: Not specified
Description
The 19th century saw a series of panics about sane individuals being locked away in lunatic asylums, and public feeling often ran high against the rising 'alienist' (or 'mad doctor') profession. English liberty was seen to be under threat from a n...