Reasoning against madness : psychiatry and the state in Rio de Janeiro, 1830-1944 / Manuella Meyer.
| Author/creator | Meyer, Manuella author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2017. |
| Description | xi, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Rochester 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-239) and index. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Melissa Nasea, donor. |
| LCCN | 2017014092 |
| ISBN | 9781580465786 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1580465781 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |