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Exhibiting Madness in Museums: Remembering Psychiatry Through Collections and Display

Contributor(s): Coleborne, Catharine (Editor), MacKinnon, Dolly (Editor)

ISBN: 9780415880923

Publisher: Routledge

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Pub Date: June 22, 2011

Dewey: 616.89

LCCN: 2011004439

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.00" L x 6.10" W ( 1.00 lbs) 228 pages

Series: Routledge Research in Museum Studies

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This innovative collection of essays offers a comparative history of independent and institutional collections of psychiatric objects in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. Leading scholars in the field investigate collectors, collections, their display, and the reactions to exhibitions of the history of insanity.

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