The Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum Care

Alice Mauger2026-01-132026-01-132018978-3-319-65244-3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65244-3https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-3-319-65244-3http://bibliovirtual.umar.mx:4000/handle/123456789/1423Libro electrónico.This open access book is the first comparative study of public, voluntary and private asylums in nineteenth-century Ireland. Examining nine institutions, it explores whether concepts of social class and status and the emergence of a strong middle class informed interactions between gender, religion, identity and insanity.en-USThe Cost of Insanity in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Public, Voluntary and Private Asylum CareBook