Private Madhouses in England, 16401815 by Leonard Smith

Private Madhouses in England, 16401815 by Leonard Smith

This book examines the origins and early development of private mental health-care in England, showing that the current spectacle of commercially-based participation in key elements of service provision is no new phenomenon.

“His meticulous research unearths a rich array of publications, print sources, parliamentary evidence, and newspapers, while his close scouring of local archives has produced a mass of detailed evidence across the country with which to compare and contrast provision in different localities… Smith’s analysis is both readable and well informed as he unpicks the emergence of the trade of lunacy in meticulous detail … concentrated predominantly in the East End, with the various provincial districts of England.” (Hilary Marland,Journal of British Studies, Vol. 60 (2), April, 2021)

Leonard Smith is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK. His publications include ‘Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody’: Public Lunatic Asylums in Early Nineteenth-Century England (1999), Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750-1830 (2007), and Insanity, Race and Colonialism: Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914 (2014).     

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ISBN 13	9783030416393
ISBN 10	3030416399
Title	Private Madhouses in England, 16401815
Author	Leonard Smith
Series	Mental Health In Historical Perspective
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Year published	2020-06-19
Number of pages	323
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