The discovery of the asylum
Rothman, David J.
The discovery of the asylum social order and disorder in the new republic David J. Rothman with a foreword byThomas G. Blomberg. - rev. ed. - New York Aldine de Gruyter c2002. - xlviii, 380 p. ill. 21 cm. - New lines in criminology .
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1971.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-367) and index.
Introduction to the 1990 edition -- The boundaries of colonial society -- Charity and correction in the Eighteenth Century -- The challenge of crime -- The invention pf the penitentiary -- Insanity and the social order -- The new world of asylum -- The paradox of poverty -- The almshouse experience -- The well-ordered asylum -- The legacy of reform -- The enduring institution.
0202307158 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002066560
Public institutions--History.--United States
Prisons--History.--United States
Asylums--History.--United States
HV91 / .R73 2002
306.20973 / R8467d
The discovery of the asylum social order and disorder in the new republic David J. Rothman with a foreword byThomas G. Blomberg. - rev. ed. - New York Aldine de Gruyter c2002. - xlviii, 380 p. ill. 21 cm. - New lines in criminology .
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1971.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-367) and index.
Introduction to the 1990 edition -- The boundaries of colonial society -- Charity and correction in the Eighteenth Century -- The challenge of crime -- The invention pf the penitentiary -- Insanity and the social order -- The new world of asylum -- The paradox of poverty -- The almshouse experience -- The well-ordered asylum -- The legacy of reform -- The enduring institution.
0202307158 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002066560
Public institutions--History.--United States
Prisons--History.--United States
Asylums--History.--United States
HV91 / .R73 2002
306.20973 / R8467d