A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia and Tasmania

• Main Author: Piddock, Susan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cultural heritage.; Medicine > History.; Archaeology.; Medicine & Public Health.; History of Medicine.; Cultural Heritage.

A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia, and Tasmania by Susan Piddock, Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia The history of lunatic asylums – what do we really know about them? Films and television p...

Table of Contents:

• A Space of Their Own
• The Archaeology of Institutions
• The Archaeology of Lunatic Asylums
• The Changing Face of Insanity and Rise of the Institution
• Constructing the ‘Ideal’
• The British Lunatic Asylum: Ideals and Realities
• South Australia and the ‘Ideal’ Lunatic Asylum
• Tasmania and the ‘Ideal’ Asylum
• The ‘Ideal’ Asylum: A World of Difference
• Conclusion: Archaeology and Lunatic Asylums.