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Publication

2001 - Clarendon Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

61,000 words, Guess

Page Count

244 pages

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and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC362.3/85/0942217
  • LCCHV3008.G72 E278 2001
  • LCCHV3008.G72E278 2001

Description

Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood as a case-study, this work looks into the emergence of 'idiot' asylums in Victorian England. Wright examines the social history of institutionalisation.

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Series Statement

  • Oxford historical monographs

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