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Masters of Bedlam

Masters of Bedlam

The Transformation of the Mad-Doctoring Trade

by Nicholas Hervey, Charlotte MacKenzie and Andrew Scull
Paperback
Publication Date: 14/07/2014
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Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century "mad-doctors," Masters of Bedlam provides a unique perspective on the creation of the modern profession of psychiatry, taking us from the secret and shady practices of the trade in lunacy, through the utopian expectations that were aroused by the lunacy re
ISBN:
9780691608969
9780691608969
Category:
Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
14-07-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
376
Dimensions (mm):
229x152x20mm
Weight:
0.51kg
Andrew Scull

Andrew Scull is a distinguished professor of Sociology and Science Studies at University of California, San Diego, and recipient of the Roy Porter Medal for lifetime contributions to the history of medicine, and the Eric T. Carlson Award for lifetime contributions to the history of psychiatry.

The author of more than a dozen books, his work has been translated into more than fifteen languages, and he has received fellowships from, among others, the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies and the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies.

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