A SPACE OF THEIR OWN: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BRITAIN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA by Susan Piddock ( 9780387733852 )

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A SPACE OF THEIR OWN: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF NINETEENTH CENTURY LUNATIC ASYLUMS IN BRITAIN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA

By:

Susan Piddock

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SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

27 September, 2007

Edition:

2007 ed.

Series:

Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology

Pages:

265

Description:

Explores lunatic asylums using the techniques of historical archaeology and history. Through the case studies of England, South Australia, and Tasmania, this book seeks to identify the forces at work within each society that led to the particular provisions being made for the insane in each place.

Synopsis:

Employing the considerable archaeological and historical skills in her armory, Susan Piddock tries to lift the lid on the lunatic asylums of years gone by. 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, or are we laboring under a misunderstanding?

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14 Tables, black and white; XII, 265 p.

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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