Mike Jay
Mike Jay has written widely on the cultural history of science, medicine and the mind. His books include The Influencing Machine, The Story of James Tilly Matthews and his Confinement in Eighteenth-century Bedlam and High Society: Mind-altering Drugs in History and Culture. He reviews regularly for The London Review of Books and The Wall Street Journal. This Way Madness Lies was written in conjunction with the exhibition 'Bedlam: the asylum and beyond', which he co-curated for the Wellcome...See more
Mike Jay has written widely on the cultural history of science, medicine and the mind. His books include The Influencing Machine, The Story of James Tilly Matthews and his Confinement in Eighteenth-century Bedlam and High Society: Mind-altering Drugs in History and Culture. He reviews regularly for The London Review of Books and The Wall Street Journal. This Way Madness Lies was written in conjunction with the exhibition 'Bedlam: the asylum and beyond', which he co-curated for the Wellcome Collection in London. He is a research affiliate of the Health Humanities Centre at University College London and a trustee of the Bethlem Art and History Collection. See less
Mike Jay's Featured Books
Mike Jay book reviews
-
The Air Loom Gang
history, psychology
Extremely well written and researched on an intriguing subject. Almost a slim connection between today's whistle blowers or spies, and a period piece on the birth of terrorism laws and the gulf that ... Read More
-
Magic: 1400s-1950s
20 pounds of magic
by JG1948, Sep 15, 2011
A huge heavy, oversized book, the mother of all coffee table books. Absolutely great old posters of magic acts, lots of history, and a wonderful book to simply look at the pictures for those who don ... Read More
