The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
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The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

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The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

About this book

This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion, identity and insanity. It questions whether medical and lay explanations of mental illness and its causes, and patient experiences, were influenced by these concepts. The strong emphasis on land and its interconnectedness with notions of class identity and respectability in Ireland lends a particularly interesting dimension. The book interrogates the popular notion that relatives were routinely locked away to be deprived of land or inheritance, querying how often "land grabbing" Irish families really abused the asylum system for their personal economic gain. The book will be of interest to scholars of nineteenth-century Ireland and the history of psychiatry and medicine in Britain and Ireland.

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Information

Publisher
Springer Open
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9783319652436
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Contents
  3. Abbreviations
  4. List of Figures
  5. List of Tables
  6. Chapter 1 Introduction
  7. Part I Governing Insanity
  8. Chapter 2 The Non-Pauper Insane: Private, Voluntary and State Concerns
  9. Chapter 3 An Institutional Marketplace
  10. Part II Understanding Insanity
  11. Chapter 4 ‘A Considerable Degree Removed from Pauperism’?: The Social Profile of Fee-Paying Patients
  12. Chapter 5 ‘The Evil Effects of Mental Strain and Overwork’: Employment, Gender and Insanity
  13. Chapter 6 ‘A Great Source of Amusement’: Work Therapy and Recreation
  14. Chapter 7 Respect and Respectability: The Treatment and Expectations of Fee-Paying Patients
  15. Conclusion
  16. Appendix: A Methodology and Sources for Chapter 4
  17. Select Bibliography
  18. Index