Introduction • 1. The Madhouse 1676–1815 • 2. The Lunatic Asylum 1815–1930 3. The Mental Hospital 1930 and beyond • Epilogue
A compelling illustrated exploration of the evolution of the asylum and attitudes to the insane from the 17th century to the present day
Mike Jay has written widely on the cultural history of science, medicine and the mind. His books include The Influencing Machine, The Story of James Tilly Matthews and his Confinement in Eighteenth-century Bedlam and High Society: Mind-altering Drugs in History and Culture. He reviews regularly for The London Review of Books and The Wall Street Journal. This Way Madness Lies was written in conjunction with the exhibition 'Bedlam: the asylum and beyond', which he co-curated for the Wellcome Collection in London. He is a research affiliate of the Health Humanities Centre at University College London and a trustee of the Bethlem Art and History Collection.
'A fascinating tour d’horizon' - Guardian
'Fascinating and lavishly illustrated' - Wall Street Journal
'Superb…the text exhibits all the lucidity you could wish for when
struggling to apprehend this most disturbing and problematic of
subjects' - Will Self, The London Review of Books
'Immaculately researched … essential reading' - The Psychologist
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