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This Way Madness Lies: The Asylum and Beyond

This Way Madness Lies: The Asylum and Beyond Hardcover - 2016

by Mike Jay

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New York City, Ny: Thames And Hudson Ltd / Wellcome Collection, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 255 Pp. Illustrated Boards. An Illustrated Social History Of The Commonest Western European Occupation: Madness. At Any Given Time There Are More People In Asylums, Residential Care Homes And The Like Than There Are Doctors, Physicists, Philosophers, Legislators, Judges, Elected Politicians, Media Personalities Or Any Other Highly Specialized Career; At Any Given Time Members Of The General American, French, German, Etc. Population Is More Likely To Be Related To Or Closely Acquainted With A Present, Former Or Future Inmate Than With Anyone In Any Of Those Other Occupations. A Scarce Book, Because Who Wants To Face That Fact Of Everyday Life: Sophisticated Education Is Difficult To Find, But Unhelpful Stigmatism Is Everywhere, And People, Other Than The Rich, Often Don't Get Much Better.
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  • Title This Way Madness Lies: The Asylum and Beyond
  • Author Mike Jay
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Thames And Hudson Ltd / Wellcome Collection, New York City, Ny
  • Date 2016
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 048042
  • ISBN 9780500518977 / 0500518971
  • Weight 2.68 lbs (1.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.4 x 7.4 x 1.2 in (28.96 x 18.80 x 3.05 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England), Mental illness - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2016931244
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.210

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