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