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Autism in History The Case of Hugh Blair of Borgue

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  • ISBN13:

    9780631220886

  • ISBN10:

    0631220887

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-12-19
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Summary

This engaging story of an eighteenth century Scottish laird whose brief arranged marriage was annulled on the grounds of his mental capacity - which seen through modern eyes can be identified as autism. It is a story of villainy and innocence, and provides a fascinating historical context to which the latest theories on autism are applied.

Author Biography

Rab Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews. He has extensive research experience in the social history of Britain and Europe in the early modern period. Best known for his work on seventeenth and eighteenth-century Scotland, his published books include Madness and Society in Eighteenth-Century Scotland.

Uta Frith is a Professor of Cognitive Development at University College of London and Deputy Director of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University College of London. She has pioneered investigations into the mind of the individual with autism and has a keen interest in the impact of the disorder on both sufferer and carers. Her book, Autism: Explaining the Enigma has been translated into many languages.

Table of Contents

List of Plates
vi
Acknowledgements viii
The Background to the Study
1(13)
The Life and Times of Hugh Blair
14(39)
Understanding Mental Incapacity in the Past
53(44)
Autism and its Relevance to the Case of Hugh Blair
97(35)
Reading the Court Case as a Clinical Case
132(25)
The Historical-clinical Approach to the Case of Hugh Blair
157(19)
Notes 176(17)
Glossary of Historical Terms 193(2)
Glossary and Topics in Autism 195(5)
Further Historical Reading 200(1)
Further Reading on Autism 201(1)
Index 202

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