ISBN10: 0471245313, ISBN13: 9780471245315, [publisher: John Wiley & Sons] Softcover - Libro bajo demanda
[Antequera, MÁLAG, Spain] [Publication Year: 1998]
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ISBN10: 0471245313, ISBN13: 9780471245315, [publisher: Wiley] Softcover Zustand: Akzeptabel - Gebrauchs- und Lagerspuren. Außen: verschmutzt, angestoßen. | Seiten: 450 | Sprache: Englisch
[Trebbin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1998]

Paperback / softback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present. ISBN 0471245313 9780471245315 [GB]

ISBN10: 0471245313, ISBN13: 9780471245315, [publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. "PPPP . . . To compress 200 years of psychiatric theory and practice into a compelling and coherent narrative is a fine achievement . . . . What strikes the reader [most] are Shorter's storytelling skills, his ability to conjure up the personalities of the psychiatrists who shaped the discipline and the conditions under which they and their patients lived."--Ray Monk The Mail on Sunday magazine, U.K. "An opinionated, anecdote-rich history. . . . While psychiatrists may quibble, and Freudians and other psychoanalysts will surely squawk, those without a vested interest will be thoroughly entertained and certainly enlightened."--Kirkus Reviews. "Shorter tells his story with immense panache, narrative clarity, and genuinely deep erudition."--Roy Porter Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. In A History of Psychiatry, Edward Shorter shows us the harsh, farcical, and inspiring realities of society's changing attitudes toward and attempts to deal with its mentally ill and the efforts of generations of scientists and physicians to ease their suffering. He paints vivid portraits of psychiatry's leading historical figures and pulls no punches in assessing their roles in advancing or sidetracking our understanding of the origins of mental illness. Shorter also identifies the scientific and cultural factors that ...

ISBN10: 0471245313, ISBN13: 9780471245315, [publisher: John Wiley & Sons] Softcover pp. 448 2nd Edition
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]

New York |Chichester Wiley 1998 2nd Revised ed. Trade paperback New in new dust jacket.

ISBN10: 0471245313, ISBN13: 9780471245315, [publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd] Softcover Now in paper! Writing in a charged, highly-accessible style, Edward Shorter covers the history of psychiatry from the late 18th century to the present. Num Pages: 448 pages, 32 photographs and engravings. BIC Classification: GBC; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704. . 1998. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1998]