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Mental Illness and American Society, 1875-1940
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Mental Illness and American Society, 1875-1940
Contributors:
By (Author) Gerald N. Grob
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
8th April 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Public health and preventive medicine
Dewey:
616.8900973
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
448
Dimensions:
Width 178mm, Height 254mm
Description
Gerald N. Grob's Mental Institutions in America: Social Policy to 1875 has become a classic of American social history. Here the author continues his investigations by a study of the complex interrelationships of patients, psychiatrists, mental hospitals, and government between 1875 and World War II. Challenging the now prevalent notion that mental
