Screen LibraryMadness : a very short introduction /
"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"--Front cover flap.
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Very short introductions ;
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| Summary: |
"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"--Front cover flap. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 134 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780199608034 (paperback) : 0199608032 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | RC438 |
| CLC: |
R749.05-09 R749-09 |
| Call Number: | R749-09/S437-1 |
| Contents: | Madness unbound -- Madness in chains -- Madness confined -- Madness and meaning -- Madness denied -- Madness cast out. |