Institutions of confinement
Subtitle: hospitals, asylums, and prisons in Western Europe and North America, 1500-1950
By: edited by Norbert Finzsch and Robert J*utte.
Contributors: Finzsch, Norbert.; Jutte, Robert.
Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
Publisher: German Historical Institute; Cambridge University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Cambridge, U.K; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
Subjects: Hospitals -- history; Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history; Prisons -- history; Europe; United States
Description: A major interdisciplinary study of the development of hospitals, insane asylums, and prisons in America and Europe, this book resulted from discussions between its two editors about their work on the history of hospitals, poor relief, deviance, and crime, and a subsequent conference held in June 1992 by the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C., that attempted to assess the impacts of Foucault and Elias.

Eighteen contributors from six different countries with backgrounds in history, sociology, criminology, and public health utilize various methodological approaches and reflect the various viewpoints in the theoretical debate over Foucault's contribution to historical research.
Notes: Based on revised versions of papers delivered at a conference held at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., from June 6-9, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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