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The peculiar institution and the making of modern psychiatry, 1840-1880 / Wendy Gonaver.
Author
Gonaver, Wendy
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
©2018
Description
256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Details
Subject(s)
Psychiatry
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United States
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History
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Slavery
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Social aspects
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United States
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Social medicine
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United States
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Medical policy
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United States
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History
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Discrimination in medical care
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United States
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History
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Psychiatry
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Political aspects
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United States
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History
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Psychiatry
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Social aspects
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United States
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History
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Psychiatric hospitals
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United States
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History
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Summary note
"Argues that slavery and race relations in the South shaped the theory and practice of early psychiatry. The book examines continuities in psychiatric treatment that provided for the gradual expansion of the state's power of involuntary confinement. The impact of these continuities continues to be seen in contemporary health practices for women, African Americans, the indigent, and prisoners"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243) and index.
Contents
No peculiar strictness is observed: slavery and innovation
As the eagle to the sparrow: enslaved attendants and caregiving
Servants, obey your masters: religion and resistance
Now she is choked: gender and violence
So different: the asylum and the civil war
Not a human being: reconstruction and racism.
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ISBN
9781469648439 ((cloth : alk. paper))
1469648431 ((cloth : alk. paper))
9781469648446 ((pbk : alk. paper))
146964844X ((pbk : alk. paper))
LCCN
2018023665
OCLC
1037897238
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