Madness : a very short introduction / Andrew Scull.

  • Scull, Andrew, 1947-
Date:
2011
  • Books

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Description

"Andrew Scull examines the social, historical, and culturally variable response to madness over the centuries, providing a provocative and entertaining examination of mental illness over more than two millennia."--P. [2] of cover.

Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Physical description

xvi, 134 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Madness unbound -- Madness in chains -- Madness confined -- Madness and meaning -- Madness denied -- Madness cast out.

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    History of Medicine
    PP /SCU
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ISBN

  • 9780199608034
  • 0199608032