Madness and society in eighteenth-century Scotland
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Word Count
112,500 words, Guess
Page Count
450 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL16969332M
- ISBN-100198207875
- OCLC Control Number41482207
- Library of Congress Control Number99031585
- LibraryThing1007011
Classifications
- LCCRC450.G72 S364 2000
Description
"Professor Houston draws upon a wide range of contemporary sources, notable asylum documents, and civil and criminal court records, to present unique insights into the issues around madness, including the law of mental incapacity, the written and spoken words of sufferers themselves, and the vocabulary associated with insanity. The links between madness and a range of other issues are explored, including gender, social status, religion and witchcraft, in addition to the attributed causes of derangement such as heredity and alcohol abuse."--Jacket.
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Series Statement
- Oxford studies in social history
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