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Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness : Insanity in South Carolina from the Colonial Period to the Progressive Era by Peter McCandless (1996, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-100807845582

ISBN-139780807845585

eBay Product ID (ePID)607587

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Edition2

Book TitleMoonlight, Magnolias, and Madness : Insanity in South Carolina from the Colonial Period to the Progressive Era

Number of Pages424 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Mental Health, Psychiatry / General, History

Publication Year1996

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenrePsychology, Medical, History

AuthorPeter Mccandless

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight22.9 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-016641

ReviewsImpressively researched and clearly written. . . . An important contribution to medical, social, and southern history.Gerald N. Grob, Rutgers University, Impressively researched and clearly written. . . . An important contribution to medical, social, and southern history. Gerald N. Grob, Rutgers University

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisMoonlight, Magnolias, and Madness is a social history of the perceptions and treatment of the mentally ill in South Carolina over two centuries. Examining insanity in both an institutional and a community context, Peter McCandless shows how policies and attitudes changed dramatically from the colonial era to the early twentieth century. He also sheds new light on the ways sectionalism and race affected the plight of the insane in a state whose fortunes worsened markedly after the Civil War.Antebellum asylum reformers in the state were inspired by many of the same ideals as their northern counterparts, such as therapeutic optimism and moral treatment. But McCandless shows that treatment ideologies in South Carolina, which had a majority black population, were complicated by the issue of race, and that blacks received markedly inferior care. By re-creating the different experiences of the insane—black and white, inside the asylum and within the community—McCandless highlights the importance of regional variation in the treatment of mental illness., This text is a social history of the perceptions and treatment of the mentally ill in South Carolina over two centuries. Examining insanity in both an institutional and a community context, it shows how policies and attitudes changed dramatically from the colonial era to the early 20th century., Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness is a social history of the perceptions and treatment of the mentally ill in South Carolina over two centuries. Examining insanity in both an institutional and a community context, Peter McCandless shows how policies and attitudes changed dramatically from the colonial era to the early twentieth century. He also sheds new light on the ways sectionalism and race affected the plight of the insane in a state whose fortunes worsened markedly after the Civil War. Antebellum asylum reformers in the state were inspired by many of the same ideals as their northern counterparts, such as therapeutic optimism and moral treatment. But McCandless shows that treatment ideologies in South Carolina, which had a majority black population, were complicated by the issue of race, and that blacks received markedly inferior care. By re-creating the different experiences of the insane--black and white, inside the asylum and within the community--McCandless highlights the importance of regional variation in the treatment of mental illness., Moonlight, Magnolias, and Madness is a social history of the perceptions and treatment of the mentally ill in South Carolina over two centuries. Examining insanity in both an institutional and a community context, Peter McCandless shows how policies and attitudes changed dramatically from the colonial era to the early twentieth century. He also sheds new light on the ways sectionalism and race affected the plight of the insane in a state whose fortunes worsened markedly after the Civil War. Antebellum asylum reformers in the state were inspired by many of the same ideals as their northern counterparts, such as therapeutic optimism and moral treatment. But McCandless shows that treatment ideologies in South Carolina, which had a majority black population, were complicated by the issue of race, and that blacks received markedly inferior care. By re-creating the different experiences of the insane -- black and white, inside the asylum and within the community -- McCandless highlights the importance of regional variation in the treatment of mental illness.

LC Classification Number95-16641 [RC]