Rothman, David J. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/> Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1971. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-367) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0202307158 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002066560 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public institutions--History.--United States<br/>Prisons--History.--United States<br/>Asylums--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV91  / .R73 2002 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.20973  / R8467d