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Psychiatry for the Rich

Psychiatry for the Rich

Charlotte MacKenzie

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2013
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Historia
ISBN:
9780415865456
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Through a detailed history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex, Charlotte MacKenzie explores the consumer revolution which stimulated the proliferation of madhouses in Britain during the nineteenth century.

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