ACLS Humanities E-Book: Insanity and the insane in post-famine Ireland

Insanity and the insane in post-famine Ireland

Finnane, Mark.

Year: 1981.

Publisher: Croom Helm.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Asylums for the Lunatic Poor, 1817-1867

2. The Politics of Lunatic Asylums, 1867-1914

3. The Law and the Insane

4. Insanity: the Contexts of Committal

5. The Asylum: Custody, Treatment, Control

Epilogue

Appendix

A Note on Sources

Index

reviews

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Title:

Insanity and the insane in post-famine Ireland : Mark Finnane.

Author:

Finnane, Mark

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Insanity and the insane in post-famine Ireland : Mark Finnane.
Finnane, Mark
London: Croom Helm, 1981.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02206

Subject Headings:

• Psychiatric hospitals -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
• Mental illness -- Ireland
• Hospitals -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century
• Mental health policy -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century

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