Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Brazilian Orthography and Terminology
- Introduction
- 1 Sanity in the South Atlantic: The Myth of Philippe Pinel and the Asylum Campaign Movement, 1830–52
- 2 “Of Grand Intentions” and “Opaque Structures”: The Fight for Psychiatric Management of the Hospício Pedro II during Brazil’s Second Empire, 1852–90
- 3 The Government of Psychiatry: The National Insane Asylum’s Interior Lives, 1890–94
- 4 “The Service of Disinterested Men”: Psychiatrists under State and Civil Scrutiny, 1894–1903
- 5 Breaking Out of the Asylum: Rio de Janeiro’s Mental Hygiene Movement, 1903–37
- 6 Mad Spirits of Progress, 1927–44
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Brazilian Orthography and Terminology
- Introduction
- 1 Sanity in the South Atlantic: The Myth of Philippe Pinel and the Asylum Campaign Movement, 1830–52
- 2 “Of Grand Intentions” and “Opaque Structures”: The Fight for Psychiatric Management of the Hospício Pedro II during Brazil’s Second Empire, 1852–90
- 3 The Government of Psychiatry: The National Insane Asylum’s Interior Lives, 1890–94
- 4 “The Service of Disinterested Men”: Psychiatrists under State and Civil Scrutiny, 1894–1903
- 5 Breaking Out of the Asylum: Rio de Janeiro’s Mental Hygiene Movement, 1903–37
- 6 Mad Spirits of Progress, 1927–44
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Reasoning against MadnessPsychiatry and the State in Rio de Janeiro, 1830–1944, pp. ix - xiiPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017