The Discovery of the Asylum; 1: The Boundaries of Qlonial Society; 2: Charity and Correction in the eighteenth Cmiury; 3: The Challenge of Crime; 4: The Invention of the Penitentiary; 5: Insanity and the Social Order; 6: The TSlew World of the Asylum; 7: The Paradox of Poverty; 8: The Almshouse experience; 9: The Well-Ordered Asylum; 10: The Legacy of Reform; 11: The Snduring Institution; Bibliographic Note
Rothman, David J.
-[A] useful contribution to a growing body of literature on social
deviancy in our early history.- --Ernest Cassara, American
Quarterly -David Rothman's Discovery of the Asylum is an important
book. . . . [I]ts substance and scholarship indicate once again the
priority of history over social science. Rothman's analysis of the
historical foundations of the asylum is far more compelling and
cogent than any known attempt to posit a social or psychic basis. .
. . Rothman connects the rise of the asylum with the spread and
promulgation of the idea that the best way to treat criminals,
paupers, orphans, and the aged--as well as the insane--was to put
each category in huge buildings whose architecture had been
contrived to promote the values of order, hierarchy, and fixity. .
. . Rothman's carful consideration of the impact of restoration
sentiments on the buildings of the asylum, and on its routine
philosophy and chosen therapy, is excellent. Sociologists
interested in some of the actual reasons for the existence of such
places should be sure to read The Discovery of the Asylum.- --David
Matza, American Journal of Sociology -David J. Rothman's
prize-winning book. . . aims directly at our awareness of the
origins and development of America's major institutions of social
control. . . . Rothman reminds us that institutionalization of
deviants and dependents as a primary solution to crime, poverty,
delinquency, and insanity is a relatively recent historical
development. . . . It was not until the 1820s that noninstitutional
care of dependents and deviants gave way before the rise of the
asylum. . . . Rothman's book. . . has become the first volume to
which we must refer students of crime, poverty, and deviancy in
antebellum America.- --Jack M. Holl, The William and Mary Quarterly
-In a book that is simultaneously a work of history and social
criticism, David J. Rothman presents an interpretation of American
society during the first half of the nineteenth century that is
both provocative and disturbing. . . . [T]his book. . . has many
shrewd and brilliant insights.- --Gerald N. Grob, Political Science
Quarterly -Sharply critical of the so-called humanitarian reforms
of the nineteenth century, [Rothman]. . . asks why during the
Jacksonian era the deviant and dependent classes were taken out of
the family and community and placed in newly built asylums:
penitentiaries for criminals, hospitals for the insane, almshouses
for the poor, orphanages for homeless children, and reformatories
for delinquent minors. . . . In documenting the deterioration of
therapeutic institutional practices Rothman makes inroads into
American social history. . . . [I]n disputing the traditional view
of social reform, he will force many historians to rethink their
own positions on some important questions.- --Norman Dain, The
Journal of Southern History -This important work is a history of
the rise from non-institutional beginnings of institutional
approaches to four kinds of deviance: crime, poverty, insanity, and
juvenile delinquency. . . . It is a bold effort to reformulate the
history of -Jacksonian- America.- --James M. Banner, Jr., The
Journal of Interdisciplinary History -[A] genuinely valuable
contribution to social history and is recommended reading for
anyone interested in any aspect of nineteenth-century America. . .
. [H]is story is told well and. . . is extremely revealing of
American attitudes--both in the nineteenth and in the twentieth
centuries.- --George H. Daniels, The Journal of American
History
"[A] useful contribution to a growing body of literature on social
deviancy in our early history." --Ernest Cassara, American
Quarterly "David Rothman's Discovery of the Asylum is an important
book. . . . [I]ts substance and scholarship indicate once again the
priority of history over social science. Rothman's analysis of the
historical foundations of the asylum is far more compelling and
cogent than any known attempt to posit a social or psychic basis. .
. . Rothman connects the rise of the asylum with the spread and
promulgation of the idea that the best way to treat criminals,
paupers, orphans, and the aged--as well as the insane--was to put
each category in huge buildings whose architecture had been
contrived to promote the values of order, hierarchy, and fixity. .
. . Rothman's carful consideration of the impact of restoration
sentiments on the buildings of the asylum, and on its routine
philosophy and chosen therapy, is excellent. Sociologists
interested in some of the actual reasons for the existence of such
places should be sure to read The Discovery of the Asylum." --David
Matza, American Journal of Sociology "David J. Rothman's
prize-winning book. . . aims directly at our awareness of the
origins and development of America's major institutions of social
control. . . . Rothman reminds us that institutionalization of
deviants and dependents as a primary solution to crime, poverty,
delinquency, and insanity is a relatively recent historical
development. . . . It was not until the 1820s that noninstitutional
care of dependents and deviants gave way before the rise of the
asylum. . . . Rothman's book. . . has become the first volume to
which we must refer students of crime, poverty, and deviancy in
antebellum America." --Jack M. Holl, The William and Mary Quarterly
"In a book that is simultaneously a work of history and social
criticism, David J. Rothman presents an interpretation of American
society during the first half of the nineteenth century that is
both provocative and disturbing. . . . [T]his book. . . has many
shrewd and brilliant insights." --Gerald N. Grob, Political Science
Quarterly "Sharply critical of the so-called humanitarian reforms
of the nineteenth century, [Rothman]. . . asks why during the
Jacksonian era the deviant and dependent classes were taken out of
the family and community and placed in newly built asylums:
penitentiaries for criminals, hospitals for the insane, almshouses
for the poor, orphanages for homeless children, and reformatories
for delinquent minors. . . . In documenting the deterioration of
therapeutic institutional practices Rothman makes inroads into
American social history. . . . [I]n disputing the traditional view
of social reform, he will force many historians to rethink their
own positions on some important questions." --Norman Dain, The
Journal of Southern History "This important work is a history of
the rise from non-institutional beginnings of institutional
approaches to four kinds of deviance: crime, poverty, insanity, and
juvenile delinquency. . . . It is a bold effort to reformulate the
history of "Jacksonian" America." --James M. Banner, Jr., The
Journal of Interdisciplinary History "[A] genuinely valuable
contribution to social history and is recommended reading for
anyone interested in any aspect of nineteenth-century America. . .
. [H]is story is told well and. . . is extremely revealing of
American attitudes--both in the nineteenth and in the twentieth
centuries." --George H. Daniels, The Journal of American
History
"[A] useful contribution to a growing body of literature on social
deviancy in our early history." --Ernest Cassara, American
Quarterly "David Rothman's Discovery of the Asylum is an important
book. . . . [I]ts substance and scholarship indicate once again the
priority of history over social science. Rothman's analysis of the
historical foundations of the asylum is far more compelling and
cogent than any known attempt to posit a social or psychic basis. .
. . Rothman connects the rise of the asylum with the spread and
promulgation of the idea that the best way to treat criminals,
paupers, orphans, and the aged--as well as the insane--was to put
each category in huge buildings whose architecture had been
contrived to promote the values of order, hierarchy, and fixity. .
. . Rothman's carful consideration of the impact of restoration
sentiments on the buildings of the asylum, and on its routine
philosophy and chosen therapy, is excellent. Sociologists
interested in some of the actual reasons for the existence of such
places should be sure to read The Discovery of the Asylum." --David
Matza, American Journal of Sociology "David J. Rothman's
prize-winning book. . . aims directly at our awareness of the
origins and development of America's major institutions of social
control. . . . Rothman reminds us that institutionalization of
deviants and dependents as a primary solution to crime, poverty,
delinquency, and insanity is a relatively recent historical
development. . . . It was not until the 1820s that noninstitutional
care of dependents and deviants gave way before the rise of the
asylum. . . . Rothman's book. . . has become the first volume to
which we must refer students of crime, poverty, and deviancy in
antebellum America." --Jack M. Holl, The William and Mary Quarterly
"In a book that is simultaneously a work of history and social
criticism, David J. Rothman presents an interpretation of American
society during the first half of the nineteenth century that is
both provocative and disturbing. . . . [T]his book. . . has many
shrewd and brilliant insights." --Gerald N. Grob, Political Science
Quarterly "Sharply critical of the so-called humanitarian reforms
of the nineteenth century, [Rothman]. . . asks why during the
Jacksonian era the deviant and dependent classes were taken out of
the family and community and placed in newly built asylums:
penitentiaries for criminals, hospitals for the insane, almshouses
for the poor, orphanages for homeless children, and reformatories
for delinquent minors. . . . In documenting the deterioration of
therapeutic institutional practices Rothman makes inroads into
American social history. . . . [I]n disputing the traditional view
of social reform, he will force many historians to rethink their
own positions on some important questions." --Norman Dain, The
Journal of Southern History "This important work is a history of
the rise from non-institutional beginnings of institutional
approaches to four kinds of deviance: crime, poverty, insanity, and
juvenile delinquency. . . . It is a bold effort to reformulate the
history of "Jacksonian" America." --James M. Banner, Jr., The
Journal of Interdisciplinary History "[A] genuinely valuable
contribution to social history and is recommended reading for
anyone interested in any aspect of nineteenth-century America. . .
. [H]is story is told well and. . . is extremely revealing of
American attitudes--both in the nineteenth and in the twentieth
centuries." --George H. Daniels, The Journal of American History
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