The discovery of the asylum
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The discovery of the asylum
By David J. Rothman9. James B. Finley, Memorials of Prison Life (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1851) , 41-42. 10. Samuel Gridley Howe, Prison Discipline, 88-89; Edward Livingston, Introductory Report to the Code of Prison Discipline . . . (Philadelphia, 1827), 51.
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The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic
By David J. RothmanThis is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts. Rothman shows that the complexity of their history can be unraveled and usefully interpreted.
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The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic
By David J. RothmanThis is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts. Rothman shows that the complexity of their history can be unraveled and usefully interpreted.
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The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic
By Ray RistThis is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts. Rothman shows that the complexity of their history can be unraveled and usefully interpreted.
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The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic
By David J. RothmanThe volume explores American attitudes toward crime, madness, poverty and delinquency, and demonstrates how these ideas shaped both the design and the routine of the new institutions.