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Bedlam: London and Its Mad
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Author
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Catharine Arnold.
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Publisher
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Pocket
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Format
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paperback
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Product Dimensions
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7.75
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5.1
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0.8
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ISBN
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9781849835527
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Pages/Publication Date
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306/2009
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Daedalus Item Code
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22645
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Description
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Bedlam—the very name, derived from a nickname for Bethlehem (or Bethlem) Hospital, conjures up images of naked patients in filthy conditions, or untended wards proclaiming themselves Napoleon or Jesus Christ, as it was depicted in William Hogarth's 1735 series A Rake's Progress. That this powerful image should remain, long after the institution is gone, says much about the prevailing attitude towards mental illness, argues Catharine Arnold. In this second book in her London trilogy, following Necropolis: London and Its Dead, Arnold examines the capital's treatment of the insane over the centuries, from the founding of Bethlehem Hospital in 1247 through the heyday of the great Victorian asylums to the more enlightened attitudes that prevail today.
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