Committed to the State Asylum: Insanity and Society in Nineteenth-Century Quebec and Ontario

An examination of the evolution of the asylum as the response to insanity in 19th-century Quebec and Ontario. Focusing on the creation and development of government-funded asylums for the insane, it argues that asylum development was the result of complex relationships among an array of people.

• | By (Author): James E. Moran
• | Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 06, 2001
• | Country of Publication: Canada
• | Number of Pages: 216 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0773521895
• | ISBN-13: 9780773521896