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Out of his mind : masculinity and mental illness in Victorian Britain / Amy Milne-Smith.
Van Pelt Library RC451.4.M45 M55 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milne-Smith, Am, 1977- author.
- Series:
- Gender in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Men--Mental health--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Men.
- Mental illness--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Mental illness.
- Masculinity--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Masculinity.
- Men--Mental health.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 311 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Men in care: the asylum
- 2. Men in the community: home care, doctors' care, and travellers
- 3. Personal shame: failures of morality and the will
- 4. Madmen out of the attic: reputation, rage, and liberty
- 5. Media panics: stories of violence, danger, and men out of control
- 6. Degeneration and madness: inheritance, neurasthenia, criminals, and GPI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-302) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1526155036
- 9781526155030
- OCLC:
- 1276932950
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