The Poor Law of Lunacy by Peter Bartlett

The Poor Law of Lunacy

Peter Bartlett

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Examines the legal and administrative regime of the 19th-century asylum, and argues that it is to be thought of as an aspect of English poor law, in which the medical superintendent of the asylum has little power. The text also examines the place ...

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