Crime, Madness and Politics in Modern France the Medical Concept of National Decline

Robert A. Nye places in historical context a medical concept of deviance that developed in France in the last half of the nineteenth century, when medical models of cultural crisis linked thinking about crime, mental illness, prostitution, alcoholism, suicide, and other pathologies to French nationa...

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Autor principal: Nye, Robert A. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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Sumario:Robert A. Nye places in historical context a medical concept of deviance that developed in France in the last half of the nineteenth century, when medical models of cultural crisis linked thinking about crime, mental illness, prostitution, alcoholism, suicide, and other pathologies to French national decline. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original t.
Descripción Física:385 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781400856275