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The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States (Architecture,
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- The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States,
- Narrative Type
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- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Subject
- Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Psychopathology / General, Psychiatry / General, History / General
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- 9780816649402
- Subject Area
- Architecture, Psychology, Medical, Political Science
- Publication Name
- Architecture of Madness : Insane Asylums in the United States
- Item Length
- 11 in
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Series
- Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Width
- 8.5 in
- Item Weight
- 26.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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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 effective means of treatment. In "The Architecture of Madness," Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from Americars" s earliest purpose- built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. At the center of Yannirs" s inquiry is Dr. Thomas Kirkbride, a Pennsylvania-born Quaker, who in the 1840s devised a novel way to house the mentally diseased that emphasized segregation by severity of illness, ease of treatment and surveillance, and ventilation. After the Civil War, American architects designed Kirkbride-plan hospitals across the country. Before the end of the century, interest in the Kirkbride plan had begun to decline. Many of the asylums had deteriorated into human warehouses, strengthening arguments against the monolithic structures advocated by Kirkbride. At the same time, the medical profession began embracing a more neurological approach to mental disease that considered architecture as largely irrelevant to its treatment. Generously illustrated, "The Architecture of Madness" is afresh and original look at the American medical establishmentrs" s century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills. Carla Yanni is associate professor of art history at Rutgers University and the author of "Naturers" s Museums: Victorian Science and the Architecture of Display."
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University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816649405
ISBN-13
9780816649402
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Publication Name
Architecture of Madness : Insane Asylums in the United States
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Subject
Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Psychopathology / General, Psychiatry / General, History / General
Publication Year
2007
Series
Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture Ser.
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Architecture, Psychology, Medical, Political Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11 in
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Width
8.5 in
Item Weight
26.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2007-003766
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Rc445.Y36 2007
Copyright Date
2007
Dewey Decimal
725/.520973
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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