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260 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781469648453
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: Not specified
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Though the origins of asylums can be traced to Europe, the systematic segregation of the mentally ill into specialized institutions occurred in the United States only after 1800, just as the struggle to end slavery took hold. In this book, Wendy G...
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260 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781469648453
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Though the origins of asylums can be traced to Europe, the systematic segregation of the mentally ill into specialized institutions occurred in the United States only after 1800, just as the struggle to end slavery took hold. In this book, Wendy G...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings