The cost of insanity in nineteenth-century Ireland : public, voluntary and private asylum care /: public, voluntary and private asylum care. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alice Mauger.
• Authors: Mauger, Alice
• Contents: 1 . Introduction.- 2. The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns.- 3. An Institutional Marketplace.- 4. 'A Considerable Degree removed from Pauperism?': The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients.- 5. 'The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork': Employment, Gender and Insanity.- 6. 'A Great Source of Amusement': Work Therapy and Recreation.- 7. Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients.- 8. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 362.210941509034; People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century; Mental illness -- Social aspects -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century; Ireland -- Social conditions -- 19th century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319652443
• Related ISBNs: 9783319652436
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