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Madness: A Brief History
Porter, Roy (, Former Professor of the Social History of Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London)
Madness: A Brief History
Porter, Roy (, Former Professor of the Social History of Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College London)
What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.
254 pages, numerous halftones
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | March 13, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780192802675 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 121 × 172 × 11 mm · 222 g |
Language | English |