The discovery of the asylum : social order and disorder in the new republic / David J. Rothman.

Main entry:

Rothman, David J.

Title & Author:

The discovery of the asylum : social order and disorder in the new republic / David J. Rothman.

Edition:

First edition

Publication:

Boston : Little, Brown and Company, [1971]
©1971

Description:

xx, 376 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The boundaries of colonial society -- Charity and correction in the eighteenth century -- The challenge of crime -- The invention of the penitentiary -- Insanity and the social order -- The new world of the asylum -- The paradox of poverty -- The almshouse experience -- The well-ordered asylum -- The legacy of reform -- The enduring institution.
Albert J. Beveridge Award, 1971

Summary:

Detailed history of U.S. social control of the criminal, poor, and mentally ill from colonial practices centered on human resources to "the age of the asylum," the Jacksonian era.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0316757705
9780316757706
0316757713
9780316757713

Subject:

Social and public welfare. Criminology United States History
Public institutions United States History.
Asylums United States History.
Prisons United States History.
Public institutions.
Asylums.
Psychiatric hospitals.
Établissements publics.
Asiles.
Prisons.
Établissements publics États-Unis Histoire.
Asiles États-Unis Histoire.
Prisons États-Unis Histoire.
Hôpitaux psychiatriques.
psychiatric hospitals.
asylums (welfare buildings)
Inrichtingen.
Gevangenissen.
Institutional care United States History.
Charities history
Prisons history
Social Conditions history
Hospitals, Psychiatric
United States
Verenigde Staten.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 26217
Call No.: 6527; ID:88-B12286
Status: Available

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