The asylum and the poor law: The productive alliance

Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 48-67

  Bartlett, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071569360     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203025789-10     Document Type: Chapter

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