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Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society: Caterham Asylum, 1867–1911 - Mental Health in Historical Perspective Stef Eastoe 2020 edition
Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society: Caterham Asylum, 1867–1911 - Mental Health in Historical Perspective
Stef Eastoe
This book explores the understudied history of the so-called ‘incurables’ in the Victorian period, the people identified as idiots, imbeciles and the weak-minded, as opposed to those thought to have curable conditions.
212 pages, 15 Tables, color; 14 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 212 p. 14 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 20, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9783030273347 |
| Publishers | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Pages | 212 |
| Dimensions | 218 × 156 × 22 mm · 418 g |
| Language | German |