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Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England
Inconvenient People Lunacy Liberty and the MadDoctors in Victorian England
Author: Sarah Wise
The 19th century saw a series of panics about sane individuals being locked away in lunatic asylums, and public feeling often ran high against the rising 'alienist' (or 'mad doctor') profession. English liberty was seen to be under threat from a new class of men who would sign away freedom in return for the high fees paid by unscrupulous people ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781847921123
ISBN-10: 1847921124
Publication Date: 11/5/2012
Pages: 496
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Publisher: Bodley Head
Book Type: Hardcover
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