Description: About this Item The item is a book Paperback The Author Name is Wendy Gonaver The Title is The Peculiar Institution and the Making of Modern Psychiatry, 1840-1880 Condition New Other Comments Pages Count - 268. Category - Social Science Product Description - Though the origins of asylums can be traced to Europe, the systematic segregation of the mentally ill into specialized institutions occurred in the Unites States only after 1800, just as the struggle to end slavery took hold. In this book, Wendy Gonaver examines the relationship between these two historical developments, showing how slavery and ideas about race shaped early mental health treatment in the United States, especially in the South. She reveals these connections through the histories of two asylums in Virginia: the Eastern Lunatic Asylum in Williamsburg, the first in the nation and the Central Lunatic Asylum in Petersburg, the first created specifically for African Americans. Eastern Lunatic Asylum was the only institution to both accept slaves and free blacks as patients and to employ slaves as attendants. Drawing from these institutions' untapped archives, Gonaver reveals how slavery influenced ideas about patient liberty, about the proper relationship between caregiver and patient, about what constituted healthy religious belief and unhealthy fanaticism, and about gender. This early form of psychiatric care acted as a precursor to public health policy for generations, and Gonaver's book fills an important gap in the historiography of mental health and race in the nineteenth century. We Use Stock Images Because we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item. When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong. Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions. The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling. Gift IdeasThis is a great Christmas gift idea. Hours of ServiceWe have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday. Location ID 9000z iHaveit SKU ID 167492348
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Title: The Peculiar Institution and the Making of Modern Psychiatry 184
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Book Title: Peculiar Institution and the Making of Modern Psychiatry, 1840-1880
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Item Height: 0.6 in
Publication Year: 2019
Topic: Gender Studies, Psychiatry / General, Disease & Health Issues, United States / General, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
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Genre: Social Science, Medical, History
Item Weight: 14 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Wendy Gonaver
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
