The Art of Asylum-Keeping - Nancy Tomes - Books - University of Pennsylvania Press - 9781512804591 - January 29, 1966
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The Art of Asylum-Keeping

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The Art of Asylum-Keeping is a social history of medical practice in a private nineteenth-century asylum, the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in Philadelphia. It recreates everyday life in the asylum and explores its social, as well as its scientific, legitimation.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released January 29, 1966
ISBN13 9781512804591
Publishers University of Pennsylvania Press
Pages 424
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 18 mm   ·   603 g
Language English  

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