Written by one of the world's most distinguished historians of psychiatry, Psychiatry and Its Dis...

In this compelling read Andrew Scull - one of the leading names in the field - presents a selecti...

What Asylums Were, Are, and Ought to Be, first published in 1837, was of considerable significanc...

Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century 'ma...

Social Order Mental Disorder represents a provocative and exciting exploration of social response...

This compelling book brings together many of the major papers published by Andrew Scull in the hi...

Through an examination of the fascinating lives and careers of a series of nineteenth-century 'ma...

'An enthralling collection that will shock many, enrage some, and entertain all.'--Simon Rich, au...

Andrew Scull is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

Undertaker of the Mind is a wide-ranging study of the place of madness in 18th century English cu...

'A brilliant cultural history ... Scull's book fills a gap in the literature and deserves to be w...

'A wonderful book, fascinating and beautifully written, with Scull's usual verve and erudition. M...