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Madness in Civilization : A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, Limited, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (424 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780500772560
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Madness in CivilizationDDC classification:
  • 616.89009
LOC classification:
  • RC438 .S385 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Praise for Madness in Civilization -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other Titles of Interest -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Confronting Madness -- Chapter Two -- Madness in the Ancient World -- Chapter Three -- The Darkness and the Dawn -- Chapter Four -- Melancholie and Madnesse -- Chapter Five -- Madhouses and Mad-Doctors -- Chapter Six -- Nerves and Nervousness -- Chapter Seven -- The Great Confinement -- Chapter Eight -- Degeneration and Despair -- Chapter Nine -- The Demi-Fous -- Chapter Ten -- Desperate Remedies -- Chapter Eleven -- A Meaningful Interlude -- Chapter Twelve -- A Psychiatric Revolution? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index -- Copyright.
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Cover -- Praise for Madness in Civilization -- Title Page -- About the Author -- Other Titles of Interest -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Confronting Madness -- Chapter Two -- Madness in the Ancient World -- Chapter Three -- The Darkness and the Dawn -- Chapter Four -- Melancholie and Madnesse -- Chapter Five -- Madhouses and Mad-Doctors -- Chapter Six -- Nerves and Nervousness -- Chapter Seven -- The Great Confinement -- Chapter Eight -- Degeneration and Despair -- Chapter Nine -- The Demi-Fous -- Chapter Ten -- Desperate Remedies -- Chapter Eleven -- A Meaningful Interlude -- Chapter Twelve -- A Psychiatric Revolution? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Sources of Illustrations -- Index -- Copyright.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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