Introduction; Part 1 The Triumph of Legalism; Chapter 1 Public Opinion and the Liberty of the Subject; Chapter 2 The Lunacy Act, 1890; Part 2 Mental Defectives; Chapter 3 ‘The Permanent Care of the Feeble-Minded’; Chapter 4 The Mental Deficiency Act, 1913; Chapter 5 The Growth of Community Care; Part 3 The Mentally Ill; Chapter 6 The Results of Legalism; Chapter 7 Into the Community; Chapter 8 The Mental Treatment Act, 1930; Part 4 Towards a Mental Health Service; Chapter 9 First Steps in Integration; Chapter 10 The National Health Service; Chapter 11 Problems and Experiments, 1948–59; Chapter 12 The Mental Health Act, 1959;