{"product_id":"victorian-lunacy-richard-m-bucke-and-the-practice-of-late-nineteenth-century-psychiatry-paperback-9780521172820","title":"Victorian Lunacy; Richard M. Bucke and the Practice of Late Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry (Paperback) 9780521172820","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVictorian Lunacy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRichard M. Bucke and the Practice of Late Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1986 book explores the theory and practice of late nineteenth-century psychiatry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamuel Edward Dole Shortt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521172820, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 17 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUsing the career of Richard M. Bucke at the London Asylum in Canada as its focus, this 1986 book explores the theory and practice of late nineteenth-century psychiatry. The study describes the medical context that nurtured Victorian alienists, while their professional sphere - the asylum – is considered as an autonomous social community, often at odds with the intentions of its ostensible masters. Psychiatric theory is discussed less as an objective body of biomedical knowledge than as a product of the social turmoil that characterized the final decades of the nineteenth century. Unlike many other studies of nineteenth-century psychiatry, this book does not restrict itself to a single national experience, but adopts an explicitly Anglo-American perspective. Rather than restricting attention to political or institutional factors, it accords major significance to the role of ideas in determining the character of late Victorian psychiatry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Note on primary sources\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The topography of a Victorian medical life\u003cbr\u003e 2. The human ecology of the London Asylum\u003cbr\u003e 3. Toward a secular physiology of mind\u003cbr\u003e 4. The social genesis of etiological speculation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Treatment tactics and professional aspirations\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Medicine: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Medicine: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Medicine:%20general%20issues%20%5BMB%5D%22\"\u003eMB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006753755416,"sku":"9780521172820","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521172820i_984bfcc5-ff4e-4fc3-ae14-384fa5629321.jpg?v=1691372958","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/victorian-lunacy-richard-m-bucke-and-the-practice-of-late-nineteenth-century-psychiatry-paperback-9780521172820","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}