Archaeology of lunacy, an: managing madness in early nineteenth-century asylums
Auteur :
Fennelly, Katherine
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526126498
Date de publication :
15 juil. 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
458 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This is a materially focused exploration of the first wave of public asylum building in Britain and Ireland. Examining architecture and material culture, it proposes that the familiar asylum archetype, usually attributed to the Victorians, was in fact developed much earlier. -- .