The Architecture of Madness : Insane Asylums in the United States /

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Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from Americas earliest purpose-built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. Generously illustrated, The Architecture of Madness is a fresh and original look at the American medical e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yanni, Carla
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Psychiatric hospitals > Design and construction
Hospital architecture
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Public, Commercial & Industrial.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medecine > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Architecture hospitaliere > États-Unis > Histoire.
Hôpitaux psychiatriques > États-Unis > Conception et construction > Histoire.
Hospital Design and Construction > history
History, 20th Century
History, 19th Century
Hospitals, Psychiatric > history
Hospital architecture > United States > History.
Psychiatric hospitals > United States > Design and construction > History.
Asylums > United States > Design and construction > History.
United States
History
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from Americas earliest purpose-built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. Generously illustrated, The Architecture of Madness is a fresh and original look at the American medical establishments century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9780816654352

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