Reasoning against madness : psychiatry and the state in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 / Manuella Meyer.

Author/creator Meyer, Manuella author.
Format Book
PublicationRochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2017.
Descriptionxi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesRochester studies in medical history, 1526-2715
Rochester studies in medical history. ^A689870
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Sanity in the South Atlantic: The Myth of Philippe Pinel and the Asylum Campaign Movement, 1830 -- 52 -- 2. "Of Grand Intentions" and "Opaque Structures": The Fight for Psychiatric Management of the Hospicio Pedro II during Brazil's Second Empire, 1852 -- 90 -- 3. The Government of Psychiatry: The National Insane Asylum's Interior Lives, 1890 -- 94 -- 4. "The Service of Disinterested Men": Psychiatrists under State and Civil Scrutiny, 1894 -- 1903 -- 5. Breaking Out of the Asylum: Rio de Janeiro's Mental Hygiene Movement, 1903 -- 37 -- 6. Mad Spirits of Progress, 1927 -- 44.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Melissa Nasea, donor.
LCCN 2017014092
ISBN9781580465786 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN1580465781 (hardcover ; alk. paper)