{"product_id":"this-way-madness-lies-9780500518977","title":"This Way Madness Lies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the meaning of mental illness through the successive incarnations of the institution that defined it: the madhouse, designed to segregate its inmates from society; the lunatic asylum, which intended to restore the reason of sufferers by humane treatment; and the mental hospital, which reduced their conditions to diseases of the brain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating tour d’horizon' - Guardian\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating and lavishly illustrated' - Wall Street Journal\u003cbr\u003e'Superb…the text exhibits all the lucidity you could wish for when struggling to apprehend this most disturbing and problematic of subjects' - Will Self, The London Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e'Immaculately researched … essential reading' - The Psychologist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction • 1. The Madhouse 1676–1815 • 2. The Lunatic Asylum 1815–1930 3. The Mental Hospital 1930 and beyond • Epilogue","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402774323543,"sku":"9780500518977","price":21.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780500518977.jpg?v=1730481475","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-way-madness-lies-9780500518977","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}