The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care

Author:   Alice Mauger
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
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9783319879833


Pages:   281
Publication Date:   04 June 2019
Format:   Paperback
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The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care


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This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion, identity and insanity. It questions whether medical and lay explanations of mental illness and its causes, and patient experiences, were influenced by these concepts. The strong emphasis on land and its interconnectedness with notions of class identity and respectability in Ireland lends a particularly interesting dimension. The book interrogates the popular notion that relatives were routinely locked away to be deprived of land or inheritance, querying how often “land grabbing” Irish families really abused the asylum system for their personal economic gain. The book will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth-century Ireland and the history of psychiatry and medicine in Britain and Ireland.

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Author:   Alice Mauger
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783319879833


ISBN 10:   3319879839
Pages:   281
Publication Date:   04 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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1 . Introduction.- 2. The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns.- 3. An Institutional Marketplace.- 4. ‘A Considerable Degree removed from Pauperism?’: The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients.- 5. ‘The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork’: Employment, Gender and Insanity.- 6. ‘A Great Source of Amusement’: Work Therapy and Recreation.- 7. Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients.- 8. Conclusion.

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Alice Mauger is a Wellcome Trust Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin. She has published on the history of psychiatry and medicine in Ireland, including in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences.

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