L D Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 4269592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | L D Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | L D |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Close confinement in a mighty prison
Thomas Bakewell, the proprietor of Spring Vale private asylum in Staffordshire, was an outspoken critic of the movement to develop public lunatic asylums. The County Asylums Act of 1808 encouraged the building of asylums for pauper lunatics. Bakewell contended that the system under which large public asylums operated would lead to a failure of the therapeutic intentions of those who projected them. He campaigned vigorously over a twenty year peri…
To cure those afflicted with the disease of insanity
Thomas Bakewell was a prominent, and rather colourful, lay proprietor of a private lunatic asylum in the early nineteenth century. He has perhaps been rather overlooked in the developing history of psychiatry and of the asylum. He wrote quite widely on mental disorder. His first book appeared in 1805. He later produced another, followed by numerous articles in popular literary journals. In the 1820s he became something of a 'popular psychiatrist'…
Eighteenth-century madhouse practice
Can a Theory-Laden Observation Test the Theory
Africa's crisis
Africa in Economic Crisis. Edited by John Ravenhill. London: Macmillan, 1986. Pp.359. £35 and £14.95. ISBN 0 333 37173 9 and 37174 7. Africa and the International Monetary Fund. Edited by Gerald K. Helleiner. Washington: International Monetary Fund, 1986. Pp.277. $10. ISBN 0 939934 61 2. Strategies for African Development. Edited by Robert J. Berg and Jennifer Seymour Whitaker. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1986. Pp.603. £33.50 an…
Behind Closed Doors; Lunatic Asylum Keepers, 1800–60
This article considers the nature of staffing in lunatic asylums, during a period in which there was a steady expansion of institutional provision for the insane. Previous published work on the development of asylum provision has tended to overlook the keepers or attendants, whose role was crucial in determining the quality of care and treatment of patients. Keepers were generally recruited from the local labouring classes. It was unusual for sta…
Agricultural marketing enterprises for the developing world
World food marketing systems
World food marketing systems
Africa's crisis
Africa in Economic Crisis. Edited by John Ravenhill. London: Macmillan, 1986. Pp.359. £35 and £14.95. ISBN 0 333 37173 9 and 37174 7. Africa and the International Monetary Fund. Edited by Gerald K. Helleiner. Washington: International Monetary Fund, 1986. Pp.277. $10. ISBN 0 939934 61 2. Strategies for African Development. Edited by Robert J. Berg and Jennifer Seymour Whitaker. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1986. Pp.603. £33.50 an…
Behind Closed Doors; Lunatic Asylum Keepers, 1800–60
This article considers the nature of staffing in lunatic asylums, during a period in which there was a steady expansion of institutional provision for the insane. Previous published work on the development of asylum provision has tended to overlook the keepers or attendants, whose role was crucial in determining the quality of care and treatment of patients. Keepers were generally recruited from the local labouring classes. It was unusual for sta…
Agricultural marketing enterprises for the developing world
Can a Theory-Laden Observation Test the Theory
Eighteenth-century madhouse practice
To cure those afflicted with the disease of insanity
Thomas Bakewell was a prominent, and rather colourful, lay proprietor of a private lunatic asylum in the early nineteenth century. He has perhaps been rather overlooked in the developing history of psychiatry and of the asylum. He wrote quite widely on mental disorder. His first book appeared in 1805. He later produced another, followed by numerous articles in popular literary journals. In the 1820s he became something of a 'popular psychiatrist'…
Close confinement in a mighty prison
Thomas Bakewell, the proprietor of Spring Vale private asylum in Staffordshire, was an outspoken critic of the movement to develop public lunatic asylums. The County Asylums Act of 1808 encouraged the building of asylums for pauper lunatics. Bakewell contended that the system under which large public asylums operated would lead to a failure of the therapeutic intentions of those who projected them. He campaigned vigorously over a twenty year peri…
Political science (4 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (3 works) · History (3 works) · Lunatic (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · History of Medicine Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)