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Author Piddock, Susan, 1963-

Title A space of their own : the archaeology of nineteenth century lunatic asylums in Britain, South Australia, and Tasmania / Susan Piddock
Published New York : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans
Series Contributions to global historical archaeology
Contributions to global historical archaeology.
Contents Front Matter; A Space of Their Own; The Archaeology of Institutions; The Archaeology of Lunatic Asylums; The Changing Face of Insanity and Rise of the Institution; Constructing the 'Ideal'; The British Lunatic Asylum: Ideals and Realities; South Australia and the 'Ideal' Lunatic Asylum; Tasmania and the 'Ideal' Asylum; The 'Ideal' Asylum: A World of Difference; Conclusion: Archaeology and Lunatic Asylums; Back Matter
Summary The history of lunatic asylums??? what do we really know about them? Films and television programs have portrayed them as places of horror where the patients are restrained and left to listen to the cries of their fellow inmates in despair. But what was the world of nineteenth century lunatic asylums really like? Are these images true? This book will explore this world using the techniques of historical archaeology and history. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the advent of new treatments for insanity based on moral therapy and non-restraint, and an increasing social awar
Analysis sociale wetenschappen
social sciences
archeologie
archaeology
cultureel erfgoed
cultural heritage
Social Sciences (General)
Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-256) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Psychiatric hospitals -- Australia -- South Australia -- History -- 19th century
Psychiatric hospitals -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century
Archaeology and history -- Great Britain
Archaeology and history -- Australia -- South Australia
Archaeology and history -- Australia -- Tasmania
Archaeology.
Archaeology and history.
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- history
Archaeology
History, 19th Century
Hospital Design and Construction -- history
archaeology.
historical archaeology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
MEDICAL -- Mental Health.
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- South Australia. -- History.
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- Tasmania. -- History.
Archaeology -- Great Britain.
Archaeology -- South Australia.
Archaeology -- Tasmania.
History, 19th Century -- Great Britain.
History, 19th Century -- South Australia.
History, 19th Century -- Tasmania.
Hospital Design and Construction -- Great Britain. -- History.
Hospital Design and Construction -- South Australia. -- History.
Hospital Design and Construction -- Tasmania. -- History.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Australia -- South Australia -- History -- 19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals -- Australia -- Tasmania -- History -- 19th century.
Archaeology and history -- Great Britain.
Archaeology and history -- Australia -- South Australia.
Archaeology and history -- Australia -- Tasmania.
Hospitals, Psychiatric -- Great Britain. -- History.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Archaeology
Archaeology and history
Psychiatric hospitals
SUBJECT United Kingdom
South Australia
Tasmania
Subject Great Britain
South Australia
Tasmania
Genre/Form History
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780387733869
0387733868
038773385X
9780387733852
Other Titles Archaeology of nineteenth century lunatic asylums in Britain, South Australia, and Tasmania