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"This book exercises the sociological imagination to explore some questions in the history of madness, including why some behaviors are labeled mad; why they are labeled mad in one historical period and not another; why the label of mad is applied to some types of people; and by whom the label and its consequences are applied"--Provided by publisher.
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Madness: an American history of mental illness and its treatment
2010, McFarland & Co.
in English
0786433981 9780786433988
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Jefferson, N.C
Table of Contents
What is madness?
The experience of madness
Distracted in the colonies
Asylums
Asylum patients
Asylum therapeutics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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