Bill Forsythe - Insanity, Historia(2)(1)
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INSANITY, INSTITUTIONS AND
SOCIETY, 1800–1914
Insanity, Institutions and Society
presents and analyses the issues of recent
and new social histories of insanity and the asylum.
The global retreat from institutional care for the mentally ill during
the 1970s and 1980s has influenced the prevailing views of the asylum.
These views are challenged by recent research which places less em-
phasis on the professional psychiatrists and the process of incarceration
and devotes more attention to the complex social origins of insanity
and the institutionalisation of those certified.
The English model is placed in a richer comparative context, in which
the significance of ethnicity, race and gender as well as the impact of
political and cultural factors are analysed. The book also develops these
themes in studies set in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, India and South Af-
rica, as well as the history of colonial medicine more generally.
Insanity, Institutions and Society
is a valuable guide to current work in
the social and cultural history of insanity, and provides a comprehen-
sive summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during
the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Joseph Melling
is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Historical Stud-
ies and Director of the Centre for Medical History, and
Bill Forsythe
is
Reader in the History of Crime and Punishment, both at the Univer-
sity of Exeter.
STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL HISTORY
OF MEDICINE
Series Editors: Jonathan Barry and Bernard Harris
LIFE, DEATH AND THE ELDERLY
Edited by Margaret Pelling and Richard M. Smith
MEDICINE AND CHARITY BEFORE THE WELFARE STATE
Edited by Jonathan Barry and Colin Jones
IN THE NAME OF THE CHILD
Edited by Roger Cooter
REASSESSING FOUCAULT
Power, medicine and the body
Edited by Colin Jones and Roy Porter
MIGRANTS, MINORITIES AND HEALTH
Historical and contemporary studies
Edited by Lara Marks and Michael Worboys
FROM IDIOCY TO MENTAL DEFICIENCY
Edited by David Wright and Anne Digby
NUTRITION IN BRITAIN
Edited by David F. Smith
HEALTH CARE AND POOR RELIEF IN PROTESTANT EUROPE
1500–1700
Edited by Ole Peter Grell and Andrew Cunningham
MIDWIVES, SOCIETY AND CHILDBIRTH
Edited by Hilary Marland and Anne Marie Rafferty
THE LOCUS OF CARE
Edited by Peregrine Horden and Richard Smith
ILLNESS AND HEALING ALTERNATIVES IN WESTERN
EUROPE
Edited by Marijke Gijswit-Hofstra, Hilary Marland and Hans de Waardt
INSANITY,
INSTITUTIONS AND
SOCIETY, 1800–1914
A social history of madness in
comparative perspective
Edited by
Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe
London and New York
First published 1999
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006.
“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or
Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to
www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”
Routledge Ltd is a Taylor & Francis Group company
©1999 editorial matter and selection, Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe;
individual contributions ©1999 the individual contributors
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or
utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now
known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in
any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing
from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Insanity, institutions, and society, 1800–1914 / Joseph Melling and Bill
Forsythe.
p. cm. – (Studies in the social history of medicine)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Psychiatric hospital care–Great Britain–History–19th century 2. Social
psychiatry–Great Britain–History–19th century 3. Mental health laws–Great
Britain–History–19th century. I. Melling, Joseph. II. Forsythe, Bill. III. Series.
RC450.G7I57 1999
362.2’1’094109034–dc21 98–41827 CIP
ISBN 0-203-02578-4 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-17337-6 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0–415–18441–x (Print Edition)
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INSANITY, INSTITUTIONS AND
SOCIETY, 1800–1914
Insanity, Institutions and Society
presents and analyses the issues of recent
and new social histories of insanity and the asylum.
The global retreat from institutional care for the mentally ill during
the 1970s and 1980s has influenced the prevailing views of the asylum.
These views are challenged by recent research which places less em-
phasis on the professional psychiatrists and the process of incarceration
and devotes more attention to the complex social origins of insanity
and the institutionalisation of those certified.
The English model is placed in a richer comparative context, in which
the significance of ethnicity, race and gender as well as the impact of
political and cultural factors are analysed. The book also develops these
themes in studies set in Wales, Scotland, Ireland, India and South Af-
rica, as well as the history of colonial medicine more generally.
Insanity, Institutions and Society
is a valuable guide to current work in
the social and cultural history of insanity, and provides a comprehen-
sive summary of the debates on the growth of institutional care during
the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Joseph Melling
is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Historical Stud-
ies and Director of the Centre for Medical History, and
Bill Forsythe
is
Reader in the History of Crime and Punishment, both at the Univer-
sity of Exeter.
STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL HISTORY
OF MEDICINE
Series Editors: Jonathan Barry and Bernard Harris
LIFE, DEATH AND THE ELDERLY
Edited by Margaret Pelling and Richard M. Smith
MEDICINE AND CHARITY BEFORE THE WELFARE STATE
Edited by Jonathan Barry and Colin Jones
IN THE NAME OF THE CHILD
Edited by Roger Cooter
REASSESSING FOUCAULT
Power, medicine and the body
Edited by Colin Jones and Roy Porter
MIGRANTS, MINORITIES AND HEALTH
Historical and contemporary studies
Edited by Lara Marks and Michael Worboys
FROM IDIOCY TO MENTAL DEFICIENCY
Edited by David Wright and Anne Digby
NUTRITION IN BRITAIN
Edited by David F. Smith
HEALTH CARE AND POOR RELIEF IN PROTESTANT EUROPE
1500–1700
Edited by Ole Peter Grell and Andrew Cunningham
MIDWIVES, SOCIETY AND CHILDBIRTH
Edited by Hilary Marland and Anne Marie Rafferty
THE LOCUS OF CARE
Edited by Peregrine Horden and Richard Smith
ILLNESS AND HEALING ALTERNATIVES IN WESTERN
EUROPE
Edited by Marijke Gijswit-Hofstra, Hilary Marland and Hans de Waardt
INSANITY,
INSTITUTIONS AND
SOCIETY, 1800–1914
A social history of madness in
comparative perspective
Edited by
Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe
London and New York
First published 1999
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006.
“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or
Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to
www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”
Routledge Ltd is a Taylor & Francis Group company
©1999 editorial matter and selection, Joseph Melling and Bill Forsythe;
individual contributions ©1999 the individual contributors
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or
utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now
known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in
any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing
from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Insanity, institutions, and society, 1800–1914 / Joseph Melling and Bill
Forsythe.
p. cm. – (Studies in the social history of medicine)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Psychiatric hospital care–Great Britain–History–19th century 2. Social
psychiatry–Great Britain–History–19th century 3. Mental health laws–Great
Britain–History–19th century. I. Melling, Joseph. II. Forsythe, Bill. III. Series.
RC450.G7I57 1999
362.2’1’094109034–dc21 98–41827 CIP
ISBN 0-203-02578-4 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0-203-17337-6 (Adobe eReader Format)
ISBN 0–415–18441–x (Print Edition)
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