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Mental Disability in Victorian England: The Earlswood Asylum 1847-1901 (Oxford Historical Monographs) by David Wright is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This book contributes to the growing scholarly interest in the history of disability by investigating the emergence of 'idiot' asylums in Victorian England. Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood, as a case-study, it investigates the social history of institutionalization, privileging the relationship between the medical institution and the society whence its patients came. By concentrating on the importance of patient-centred admission documents, and utilizing the benefits ofnominal re
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- Author
- David Wright
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780199246397
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Human Services, History, Social Science
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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