Madness
Subtitle: a very short introduction
By: Andrew Scull
Series: Very short introductions -- 279; Very short introductions -- 279.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780199608034
Subjects: Mental illness; History
Description: "Andrew Scull examines the social, historical, and culturally variable response to madness over the centuries, providing a provocative and entertaining examination of mental illness over more than two millennia."--P. [2] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.
Table of contents: title: Madness unbound; title: Madness in chains; title: Madness confined; title: Madness and meaning; title: Madness denied; title: Madness cast out.