Chapter 3 Lunatics’ rights activism in Britain and the German Empire, 1870-1920

This comparative study examines the emergence and political significance of lunatics’ rights activism in Europe between 1870 and 1920. In writing the history of the criticism of psychiatry, scholars have so far mainly focused on the second half of the twentieth century. This chapter, however, shows...

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Main Author:	Brückner, Burkhart
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester University Press 2022
Subjects:	activism; Adolf Glöklen; c/s/x-movement; history of psychiatry; Louisa Lowe; nineteenth century; patients’ rights; twentieth century thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
Online Access:	https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/53145
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