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Author: Dale Peterson
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.00cm
ISBN: 9780822953319
ISBN 10: 0822953315
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 15 March 1982
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""Offering us the words of sufferers unencumbered by theoretical apparatus, Peterson's troubling book makes us listen as we may not have listened before."" --San Francisco Chronicle ""A selection of twenty-six histories of madness written by mad people from 1436 to 1976. . . . a very interesting picture of the inner experience of being mad, of the living conditions of mental patients and of the techniques of treatment. . . . a lucid and stimulating book."" --History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences ""Dr. Peterson has compiled an interesting and readable collection of memoirs on a topic that can still rouse debate, which will prove an especially useful text to students of medical history."" --Mentalities"
Dr. Peterson has compiled an interesting and readable collection of memoirs on a topic that can still rouse debate, which will prove an especially useful text to students of medical history. --Mentalities
Dr. Peterson has compiled an interesting and readable collection of memoirs on a topic that can still rouse debate, which will prove an especially useful text to students of medical history. Mentalities A selection of twenty-six histories of madness written by mad people from 1436 to 1976. . . . a very interesting picture of the inner experience of being mad, of the living conditions of mental patients and of the techniques of treatment. . . . a lucid and stimulating book. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences Dr. Peterson has compiled an interesting and readable collection of memoirs on a topic that can still rouse debate, which will prove an especially useful text to students of medical history. --Mentalities A selection of twenty-six histories of madness written by mad people from 1436 to 1976. . . . a very interesting picture of the inner experience of being mad, of the living conditions of mental patients and of the techniques of treatment. . . . a lucid and stimulating book. --History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Author Information
Dale Peterson is the author of several books, including Storyville, USA and Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
