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Victorian Lunacy: Richard M. Bucke and the Practice of Late Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry [Paperback]

Samuel Edward Dole Shortt (Author)

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Publication Date: Feb 17 2011 | ISBN-10: 0521172829 | ISBN-13: 978-0521172820

Using the career of Richard M. Bucke at the London Asylum in Canada as its focus, this 1986 book explores the theory and practice of late nineteenth-century psychiatry. The study describes the medical context that nurtured Victorian alienists, while their professional sphere - the asylum - is considered as an autonomous social community, often at odds with the intentions of its ostensible masters. Psychiatric theory is discussed less as an objective body of biomedical knowledge than as a product of the social turmoil that characterized the final decades of the nineteenth century. Unlike many other studies of nineteenth-century psychiatry, this book does not restrict itself to a single national experience, but adopts an explicitly Anglo-American perspective. Rather than restricting attention to political or institutional factors, it accords major significance to the role of ideas in determining the character of late Victorian psychiatry.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Feb 17 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521172829
ISBN-13: 978-0521172820
Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 1.3 x 22.9 cm
Shipping Weight: 295 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #715,391 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Book Description

This 1986 book explores the theory and practice of late nineteenth-century psychiatry. Psychiatric theory is discussed less as an objective body of biomedical knowledge than as a product of the social turmoil that characterized the final decades of the nineteenth century.