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Liberty and insanity in the age of the American revolution / Sarah L. Swedberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swedberg, Sarah L., 1965- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mentally ill--United States.
- Mentally ill.
- Psychiatry--United States--History.
- Psychiatry.
- History.
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Notes
- Chapter 1
- Insanity and Confinement in an Age of Liberty
- English Stories
- American Stories
- Chapter 2
- The Many Madnesses of Colonial Protest
- Chapter 3
- Impolitic Madmen
- Chapter 4
- The Folly and Madness of War, 1775-1783
- Chapter 5
- "The Whole Country Is Now in a State of Madness"
- Chapter 6
- An Irrational State, 1783-1787
- Notes
- Chapter 7
- "The Temple of Tyranny Has Two Doors," 1787-1791
- Chapter 8
- Party Politics and Foreign Policy, 1792-1796
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Print sources-Archival Collections
- Print sources
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Swedberg, Sarah L., 1965- Liberty and insanity in the age of the American revolution
- ISBN:
- 9781498573870
- 1498573878
- Publisher Number:
- 40030424848
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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