A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia and Tasmania
Publication year: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-73386-9
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The history of lunatic asylums – what do we really know about them? 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? This book will explore this world using the techniques of historical archaeology and history.
Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law, John Conolly, Reform, archaeology of institutions, asylum models, built environments, historical archaeology, ideal asylums, insanity, lunatic asylum, moral therapy, moral treatment, nineteenth century, non-restraint, places of horror, ‘Ideal’ Asylum
