Life in the Victorian Asylum

Life in the Victorian Asylum
Author :
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 204
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781473842373
ISBN-13 : 1473842379
Rating : 4/5 (379 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Life in the Victorian Asylum by : Mark Stevens

Download or read book Life in the Victorian Asylum written by Mark Stevens and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid portrait of the day-to-day experience in the public asylums of nineteenth-century England, by the bestselling author of Broadmoor Revealed. Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of nineteenth-century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed, and the treatments they received, as well as the enduring legacy of these remarkable institutions. Mark Stevens, a professional archivist, and expert on asylum records, delves into Victorian mental health hospital documents to recreate the experience of entering an asylum and being treated there—perhaps for a lifetime. Praise for Broadmoor Revealed “Superb.” —Family Tree magazine “Detailed and thoughtful.” —Times Literary Supplement “Paints a fascinating picture.” —Who Do You Think You Are? magazine


Life in the Victorian Asylum Related Books

Life in the Victorian Asylum
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Mark Stevens
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-30 - Publisher: Casemate Publishers

GET EBOOK

A vivid portrait of the day-to-day experience in the public asylums of nineteenth-century England, by the bestselling author of Broadmoor Revealed. Life in the
Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum
Language: en
Pages: 283
Authors: Jennifer Wallis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-14 - Publisher: Springer

GET EBOOK

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book explores how the body was investigated in the late nineteenth-century asylum in Britain. As more a
The Victorian Asylum
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Sarah Rutherford
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-09-23 - Publisher: Shire Publications

GET EBOOK

The Victorian lunatic asylum has a special place in history. Dreaded and reviled by many, these nineteenth-century buildings provide a unique window on how the
Fair Mile Hospital
Language: en
Pages: 225
Authors: Ian Wheeler
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-04 - Publisher: The History Press

GET EBOOK

Fair Mile was more than just a psychiatric hospital; it was an example of a nationwide network of ‘pauper lunatic asylums’, born of responsible Victorian le
Asylum
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Mark Davis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-16 - Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

GET EBOOK

With the advent of care in the community for the mentally afflicted, the self-contained villages for the apparently insane have now been consigned to the histor