Madness :
Scull, Andrew, 1946-
Madness : a very short introduction / Andrew Scull. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xvi, 134 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 279 . - Very short introductions ; 279. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.
Madness unbound -- Madness in chains -- Madness confined -- Madness and meaning -- Madness denied -- Madness cast out.
"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."--P. [2] of cover.
9780199608034 (pbk.) 0199608032 (pbk.)
2011284578
015798688 Uk
Mental illness--History.
RC450.G7 / S283 2011
616.89/009
Madness : a very short introduction / Andrew Scull. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011. - xvi, 134 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 279 . - Very short introductions ; 279. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.
Madness unbound -- Madness in chains -- Madness confined -- Madness and meaning -- Madness denied -- Madness cast out.
"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."--P. [2] of cover.
9780199608034 (pbk.) 0199608032 (pbk.)
2011284578
015798688 Uk
Mental illness--History.
RC450.G7 / S283 2011
616.89/009
