Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman (Penguin / fourth Pelican reprint 1974)
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman (Penguin / fourth Pelican reprint 1974)
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman (Penguin / fourth Pelican reprint 1974)
Penguin (1974)

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman

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Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman (Penguin / fourth Pelican reprint 1974)

A groundbreaking study of mental hospitals originally published in 1961. essays Goffman explores various types of closed community, all of which seek to mould their inmates to some socially approved purpose. 

Softcover. Some light bumping / shelfwear to cover and spine but otherwise this seemingly unread paperback remains in excellent / near fine condition with clean, unmarked pages which are free from notes, underlining and inscriptions, and no creasing to cover or spine. Scribbled charity shop price on inside front cover.

Format: Softcover
Pages: 336
Condition: VERY GOOD


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