Madness: A Very Short Introduction

Name: Madness: A Very Short Introduction
SKU: 9780199608034
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By (author) Andrew Scull,

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Madness is something that frightens and fascinates us all. It is a word with which we are universally familiar, and a condition that haunts the human imagination. In this Very Short Introduction, Andrew Scull examines the social, historical and culturally variable responses to madness over the centuries.

SKU: 9780199608034

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ISBN: 9780199608034

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 12.1 × 1 × 17.3 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 160 pages
Dimensions 12.1 × 1 × 17.3 cm | 126
Publication Date 25 August 2011
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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Andrew Scull

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Andrew Scull has held faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and the University of California, where he is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Science Studies. He is a past president of the Society for the Social History of Medicine, and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is the author or editor of mor e than twenty books, many of them on the history of psychiatry in Britain and the United States. He has lectured on five continents, as well as making many media appearances on programmes dealing with mental health issues.

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