Hometown Asylum: A History and Memoir of Institutional Care, Paperback - Jack Martin

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sara SolovitchNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 136 x 215 x 28Cover type: Paperb...

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Publisher: Text PublishingAuthor(s): Sarah SentillesPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 233 x 34Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera far...

Through a detailed history of the asylum at Ticehurst in Sussex, Charlotte MacKenzie explores the consumer revolution which stimulated the prolifer...

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