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ACLS Humanities E-Book
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| File Type |
Electronic text and image data. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Note |
Cover title; description based on screen of 2003-08-20. |
| Funding |
This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
| Note |
"This electronic book contains the following additional features not found in the print version: Interactive links to informational resources on the Web"--Copyright and Permissions. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: why is the epidemic important? -- 2. The birth of bedlam: insanity prior to 1700 -- 3. The "English malady" appears: England, 1700-1800 -- 4. "The clap of tortured hands": England, 1800-1850 -- 5. "A mania for madness": England, 1850-1890 -- 6. "A great and progressive evil": England, 1890-1990 -- 7. The road to Grangegorman: Ireland, 1700-1990 -- 8. "A constantly increasing multitude": Atlantic Canada, 1700-1990 -- 9. "The disease whose frequency has become alarming": the United States, 1700-1840 -- 10. An apostle for asylums: the United States, 1840-1860 -- 11. "A very startling increase": the United States, 1860-1890 -- 12. "The apocalyptic beast": the United States, 1890-1990 -- 13. Why is the epidemic forgotten? -- 14. Possible causes of epidemic insanity. |
| Original Version |
Transcribed from: The invisible plague : the rise of mental illness from 1750 to the present. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2001. xiv, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 0813530032 0520241207 |
| Subject |
Psychiatric epidemiology.
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Mental illness -- History -- 18th century.
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Mental illness -- History -- 19th century.
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Mental illness -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0813533058 (E-Book) |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb90002 hdl |
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