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Main description:
In Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution, Sarah L. Swedberg examines how conceptions of mental illness intersected with American society, law, and politics during the early American Republic. Swedberg illustrates how concerns about insanity raised difficult questions about the nature of governance. Revolutionaries built the American government based on rational principles, but could not protect it from irrational actors that they feared could cause the body politic to grow mentally or physically ill. This book is recommended for students and scholars of history, political science, legal studies, sociology, literature, psychology, and public health.
Contents:
Chapter 1 Insanity and Confinement in an Age of Liberty
Chapter 2 The Many Madnesses of Colonial Protest
Chapter 3 Impolitic Madmen: Dividing into Enemy and Friend
Chapter 4 The Folly and Madness of War, 1775-1783
Chapter 5 "The whole Country is now in a state of madness": Life and Government During Wartime
Chapter 6 An Irrational State, 1783-1787
Chapter 7 "The Temple of Tyranny Has Two Doors," 1787-1791
Chapter 8 Party Politics and Foreign Policy, 1792-1796
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication date: September, 2022
Pages: 269
Weight: 408g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Issues