Books by Peter Bartlett

This historical account of the care of insanity outside formal instruction explores key issues relating to the social history of madness from 1750 to the present day.

Examines the legal and administrative regime of the 19th-century asylum, and argues that it is to be thought of as an aspect of English poor law, in which the medical superintendent of the asylum has little power. The text also examines the place of the county asylum movement in poor law debates.