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Wright, David, 1965-

Mental disability in Victorian England the Earlswood Asylum, 1847-1901 / [electronic resource] : David Wright. - Oxford : Clarendon, 2001. - 1 online resource (vii, 244 p.) : ill., maps. - Oxford historical monographs . - Oxford historical monographs. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood as a case-study, this work looks into the emergence of 'idiot' asylums in Victorian England. Wright examines the social history of institutionalisation.

ISBN: 9780191715235 (ebook) : No price

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Earlswood Asylum.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Mentally ill--Institutional care--History--England--19th century.
Mentally ill--History--England--19th century.
People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--History--England--19th century.
People with mental disabilities--History--England--19th century.

LC Class. No.: HV3008.G72 / E278 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 362.23094209034