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Madness, Architecture and the Built Environment : Psychiatric Spaces in Historical Context
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- This is the first volume of papers devoted to an examination of the relationship between mental health/illness and the construction and experience of space. This historical analysis with contributions from leading experts will enlighten and intrigue in equal measure. The first rigorous scholarly analysis of its kind in book form, it will be of particular interest to the history, psychiatry and architecture communities.
- Subjects :
- Psychiatric hospitals--Design and construction -
Hospital buildings--Design and construction--H
Hospital architecture--Psychological aspects
Hospital Design and Construction--history
Hospitals, Psychiatric--history
Environment Design
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
Patients--psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9780415375290, 9780415511629, 9781135653088, 9781135653156, and 9780203715376
- Database :
- eBook Index
- Journal :
- Madness, Architecture and the Built Environment : Psychiatric Spaces in Historical Context
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- 2628353