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The discovery of the asylum : social order and disorder in the new republic / David J. Rothman with a foreword byThomas G. Blomberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rothman, David J.
- Series:
- New lines in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public institutions--United States--History.
- Public institutions.
- Asylums--United States--History.
- Asylums.
- Prisons--United States--History.
- Prisons.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xlviii, 380 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- Revised edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Aldine de Gruyter, [2002]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction to the 1990 edition
- The boundaries of colonial society
- Charity and correction in the Eighteenth Century
- The challenge of crime
- The invention pf the penitentiary
- Insanity and the social order
- The new world of asylum
- The paradox of poverty
- The almshouse experience
- The well-ordered asylum
- The legacy of reform
- The enduring institution.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1971.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-367) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781351483643
- 1351483641
- Publisher Number:
- 99985125265
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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