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Item Details
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ASYLUMS
ESSAYS ON THE SOCIAL SITUATION OF MENTAL PATIENTS AND OTHER INMATES |
| By: |
Erving Goffman |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140137394 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140137392 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
29 August, 1991 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
Presents an analysis of life in 'total institutions' - closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. This book focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside. |
| Synopsis: |
Asylums is an analysis of life in "total institutions"--closed worlds like prisons, army camps, boarding schools, nursing homes and mental hospitals. It focuses on the relationship between the inmate and the institution, how the setting affects the person and how the person can deal with life on the inside. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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