Madness on Trial: A Transatlantic History of English Civil Law and Lunacy
Author:   James Moran
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 May 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Madness on Trial: A Transatlantic History of English Civil Law and Lunacy


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Author:   James Moran
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.463kg
ISBN:  

9781526133038


ISBN 10:   1526133032
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   13 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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List of tables Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: civil law and madness in transatlantic context 2 Suing for a lunatic: lunacy investigation law, 1320-1890 3 Indefinite mental states: negotiating the legal definition of madness 4 Trials of madness: family struggles over property in England 5 Care and protection: managing madness in England 6 Atlantic crossing: lunacy law as colonial inheritance 7 Family, friends and neighbours: localizing madness in New Jersey 8 Asylum in the community: managing madness in New Jersey 9 Orders in lunacy: lunacy investigation law and the asylum reconsidered 10 Conclusion Bibliography Index -- .

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'James Moran has provided an important addition to the historiography of psychiatry and mental health provision in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His new book contributes significantly to shifting the historical emphasis away from asylums and towards extra-institutional approaches to the card of the insane.' Journal Social History of Medicine 'Madness on Trial, introduces a 'treasure trove' of an alternative archive, in the form of documents relating to civil proceedings in lunacy from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century New Jersey. [it] is a welcome addition to the history of mental illness, and is a very useful and accessible work for anyone interested in mental health law and community or family practices of care.' Journal of The Historical Association -- .


'James Moran has provided an important addition to the historiography of psychiatry and mental health provision in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. His new book contributes significantly to shifting the historical emphasis away from asylums and towards extra-institutional approaches to the card of the insane.' Journal Social History of Medicine -- .


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James Moran is Professor in History at the University of Prince Edward Island

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