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Mental Disability in Victorian England

by David J. Wright

Earlswood AsylumHistoryInstitutional carePeople with mental disabilitiesPeople with mental disabilities, institutional carePeople with mental disabilities, great britainAsylums, great britainPersons with Mental Disabilities

Using the National Asylum for Idiots, Earlswood as a case-study, this work looks into the emergence of 'idiot' asylums in Victorian England. Wright examines the social history of institutionalisation.

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