The Architecture of Madness Insane Asylums in the United States |
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| Author:
| Yanni, Carla |
| Series title: | Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-4939-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.99 |
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The Architecture of Madness, Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from America's earliest purpose-built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. At the centre of Yanni'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...
More DescriptionIn The Architecture of Madness, Carla Yanni tells a compelling story of therapeutic design, from America's earliest purpose-built institutions for the insane to the asylum construction frenzy in the second half of the century. At the centre of Yanni'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.