Madness : a very short introduction
by
 
Scull, Andrew T.

Title
: 
Madness : a very short introduction
 
Very short introductions ;

Author
: 
Scull, Andrew T.

ISBN
: 
9780199608034

Personal Author
: 
Scull, Andrew T.

Publication Information
: 
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Physical Description
: 
xvi, 134 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Series
: 
Very short introductions ; 279
 
Very short introductions ; 279.

Contents
: 
Madness unbound -- Madness in chains -- Madness confined -- Madness and meaning -- Madness denied -- Madness cast out.

Abstract
: 
"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.

Subject Term
: 
Mental illness -- History.


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