{"product_id":"the-politics-of-madness-joseph-melling-9780415301749","title":"The Politics of Madness: The State, Insanity and Society in England, 1845-1914","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe discovery and treatment of insanity remains one of the most debated and discussed issues in social history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the second half of the nineteenth century, \u003cem\u003eThe Politics of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e provides a new perspective on this important topic, based on research drawn from both local and national material. Within a social and cultural history of the English political and class order, it presents a fresh appraisal of the significance of the asylum in the decades following the creation of a national asylum system in 1845.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that the new asylums provided a meeting place for different social interests and aspirations, the text asserts that this then marked a transition in provincial power relations from the landed interests to the new coalition of professional, commercial and populist groups, which gained control of the public asylums at the end of the period surveyed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Melling,Bill Forsythe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415301742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415301749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.48w x 0.85d","brand":"Joseph Melling","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658847432959,"sku":"9780415301749","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-madness-joseph-melling-9780415301749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}