Institutions of Confinement: Hospitals, Asylums, and Prisons in Western Europe and North America, 1500–1950...

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Norbert Finzsch (Universität Hamburg) Robert Jütte (Universität Hamburg)

Institutions of Confinement

Hospitals, Asylums, and Prisons in Western Europe and North America, 1500–1950

Norbert Finzsch (Universität Hamburg), Robert Jütte (Universität Hamburg), Christof Mauch , David Lazar

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English

Cambridge University Press
14 July 1997

General & world history; Health systems & services

Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute

A study of the development of prisons, hospitals and insane asylums in America and Europe that grew out of discussions between its two editors about their work on the history of hospitals, poor relief, deviance, and crime, and a subsequent conference that attempted to assess the impacts of Foucault and Elias.

Seventeen contributors from six different countries with backgrounds in history, sociology and criminology utilize various methodological approaches and reflect the various viewpoints in the theoretical debate over Foucault's work.

Edited by: Norbert Finzsch (Universität Hamburg), Robert Jütte (Universität Hamburg)
Series edited by: Christof Mauch, David Lazar
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 720g
ISBN: 9780521560702
ISBN 10: 0521560705
Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
Pages: 382
Publication Date: 14 July 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Institutions of Confinement: Hospitals, Asylums, and Prisons in Western Europe and North America, 1500–1950

Many of the essays in this volume provide fascinating data about the origins of institutions that played significant societal roles...use their data to build a more persuasive interpretive framework. Journal of Interdisciplinary History ...this volume is timely and will be much in demand. Nicholas R. Moschovakis, Sixteenth Century Journal ...this compilation of essays provides a ready source of additional references and offers a needed perspective on the topic. Joanna D. Innes, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences ...the reader can be grateful for a provocative distillatioln of the work of a leading American historian of the hospital, recast to elicit comparative reflections. Thomas M. Adams, Journal of Social History