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Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society

Eastoe, Stef
Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society
This book explores the understudied history of the so-called 'incurables' in the Victorian period, the people identified as idiots, imbeciles and the weak-minded, as opposed to those thought to have curable conditions. It focuses on Caterham, England's first state imbecile asylum, and analyses its founding, purpose, character, and most importantly, its residents, innovatively recreating the biographies of these people. Created to relieve press...

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Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society

Eastoe, Stef
Idiocy, Imbecility and Insanity in Victorian Society
This book explores the understudied history of the so-called ‘incurables’ in the Victorian period, the people identified as idiots, imbeciles and the weak-minded, as opposed to those thought to have curable conditions. It focuses on Caterham, England’s first state imbecile asylum, and analyses its founding, purpose, character, and most importantly, its residents, innovatively recreating the biographies of these people. Created to relieve press...

CHF 103.00