The poor law of lunacy
Subtitle: the administration of pauper lunatics in mid-nineteenth-century England
By: Peter Bartlett.
Publisher: Leicester University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Mentally ill -- Institutional care -- Government policy -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Insane -- Commitment and detention -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Psychiatric hospitals -- England -- History -- 19th century.; Poor laws -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.