Madness, Architecture and the Built Environment: Psychiatric Spaces in Historical Context - Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

Moran, James

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780415511629
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	13 Dec 2011
DEWEY:	725.5209
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	358
Weight:	660g
Height:	234mm
Width:	156mm
Spine width:	25mm