A History of Self-Harm in Britain. A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing

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by  Chris Millard

A History of Self-Harm in Britain
A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing
Chris Millard
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A History of Self-Harm
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Chris Millard
A Genealogy of Cutting and Overdosing
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For Nathaniel and Lucas Rushton,
my extraordinary nephews, with love.
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Contents
Acknowledgements v iii
Introduction: Self-Harm from Social Setting to Neurobiology 1
1 Early Twentieth-Century Self-Harm: Cut Throats, General
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to Rhodri Hayward for the huge amount of intellectual and
practical assistance over the past 6(ish) years. I could not have hoped
for a better supervisor and then colleague. Thanks to Mark Jackson and
Roger Cooter for their searching and constructive input throughout the
process also.
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Anderson, Jo Davey, Danni Haughan, Adam Hewitt, Tim Holmes,
Adam Jamieson, Angus Macdonald, Rich Sunley, Will Turner and Joe
Turrent, for their help, support, company, humour and loyalty over
many years.
Thanks to my editor at Palgrave Macmillan, Jen McCall, and also to
Jade Moulds, who together have steered me through this production
process. Thanks to the two anonymous reviewers who have immeas-
urably improved the manuscript. Thanks also to Matthew Smith for
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