This book traces the role played by music within asylums, the participation of staff and patients in musical activity, and the links drawn between music, health
A pioneering work which delves into and reveals the links between music, moral instruction and social reform. This book discusses the role of music in programme
This volume of primary source material examines music and society in Britian during the ninteenth century. Sources explore religion, politics, class, and gender
The nineteenth-century asylum was the scene of both terrible abuses and significant advancements in treatment and care. The essays in this collection look at th
Tracing the experiences of women who were designated insane by judicial processes from 1850 to 1900, this book considers the ideas and purposes of incarceration
