TY - BOOK AU - Mellett D J TI - The prerogative of asylumdom: social, cultural, and administrative aspects of the institutional treatment of the insane in nineteenth-century Britain SN - 0824051599 AV - WM 30 PY - 1982/// CY - New York PB - Garland KW - Mentally ill KW - Care KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Psychiatric hospitals KW - Mental health laws N1 - Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Cambridge, 1977); Includes index; Bibliography: p. 237-254 ER -