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The architecture of madness : insane asylums in the United States

text The architecture of madness : insane asylums in the United States

Summary

Illustrated throughout, Yanni offers a fresh and original look at the American medical establishment's century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills.

Contents
Transforming the treatment : architecture and moral management -- Establishing the type : the development of Kirkbride plan hospitals and hope for an architectural cure -- Breaking down : the cottage plan for asylums -- Building up : hospitals for... Read more
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Description
xi, 191 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press 2007

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 725.52 YAN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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