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A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia and Tasmania, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2007
Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology Series
Author: Piddock Susan
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Employing the considerable archaeological and historical skills in her armory, Susan Piddock tries to lift the lid on the lunatic asylums of years gone by. 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, or are we laboring under a misunderstanding?
The first volume to examine institutional archaeology on a global level
Demonstrates that institutions (and the buildings/rooms that are included within) can give a unique insight into society at a given period of time
The author is in the forefront of this new field in historical archaeology