Madness Madness

Madness

A Brief History

Roy Porter
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Publisher Description

What has it been like to be insane? How have the mad been treated? Is madness real or is it just a label? This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.

GENRE
Professional & Technical
RELEASED
2003
March 13
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
11.2
MB

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