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UNINA9910781829803321 |
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Yanni Carla |
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The architecture of madness [[electronic resource] ] : insane asylums in the United States / / Carla Yanni |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 p.) |
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Collana |
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Architecture, landscape, and American culture |
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Soggetti |
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Asylums - United States - Design and construction - History |
Psychiatric hospitals - United States - Design and construction - History |
Hospital architecture - United States - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Transforming the Treatment: ARCHITECTURE AND MORAL MANAGEMENT; 2. Establishing the Type: THE DEVELOPMENT OF KIRKBRIDE PLAN HOSPITALS AND HOPE FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL CURE; 3. Breaking Down: THE COTTAGE PLAN FOR ASYLUMS; 4. Building Up: HOSPITALS FOR THE INSANE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR; Conclusion: THE CHANGING SPACES OF MENTAL ILLNESS; APPENDIX A. NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY; APPENDIX B. OCCUPATIONS OF PATIENTS IN 1850; APPENDIX C. COST OF LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN 1877; APPENDIX D. COMPARATIVE SIZES OF ASYLUMS, 1770-1872; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G |
HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Elaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums-ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles-were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these buildings were razed long ago, and those that remain stand as grim reminders of an often cruel system. For much of the nineteenth century, however, these asylums epitomized the widely held belief among doctors and social reformers that insanity was a curable disease and that environment-architecture in particular-was the most |
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