PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY

Close Notification

Your cart does not contain any items

An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums by Katherine Fennelly at Abbey's Bookshop,
An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums
— —
Katherine Fennelly

An Archaeology of Lunacy

Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

Katherine Fennelly

$183.99

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?
English
Manchester University Press
15 July 2019
Archaeology; Industrial archaeology; History of medicine
Series: Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
An archaeology of lunacy is a materially focused exploration of the first wave of public asylum building in Britain and Ireland, which took place during the late-Georgian and early Victorian period. Examining architecture and material culture, the book proposes that the familiar asylum archetype, usually attributed to the Victorians, was in fact developed much earlier. It looks at the planning and construction of the first public asylums and assesses the extent to which popular ideas about reformed management practices for the insane were applied at ground level. Crucially, it moves beyond doctors and reformers, repopulating the asylum with the myriad characters that made up its everyday existence: keepers, clerks and patients. Contributing to archaeological scholarship on institutions of confinement, the book is aimed at academics, students and general readers interested in the material environment of the historic lunatic asylum. -- .
By:  
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   458g
ISBN:   9781526126498
ISBN 10:   1526126494
Series:   Social Archaeology and Material Worlds
Pages:   200
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
1 Introduction 2 Management 3 Administration 4 Movement 5 Conclusions Index -- .

Katherine Fennelly is Lecturer in Heritage at the University of Lincoln -- .

Reviews for An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

'In this book Katherine Fennelly provides one of the first glimpses into the world of early lunatic asylums in Ireland and England. [… it] is an interesting, scholarly study of a field of growing interest among academics and the general public. It is well worth reading.' Antiquity 'An Archaeology of Lunacy is a modest but useful addition to the literature on the peculiar world of the nineteenth- century asylum.' Andrew Scull, Victorian Studies -- .


See Also

An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

The Gulag Doctors

Life, Death, and Medicine in Stalin's...

Dan Healey

Hardback

$61.95 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks...

Rebecca Skloot

Paperback

$40.95 

In Stock 😊

ADD +
An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

Raising the Living Dead

Rehabilitative Corrections in Puerto...

Alberto Ortiz Díaz

Paperback

$57.95 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

Diabetes

A History of Race and Disease

Arleen Marcia Tuchman

Paperback

$34.95 

In Stock 😊

ADD +
An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

Picturing Punishment

The Spectacle and Material Afterlife...

Anuradha Gobin

Hardback

$145 

Not in-store but you can order this

ADD +
An Archaeology of Lunacy: Managing Madness in Early Nineteenth-Century Asylums

The Health of Nations

The Campaign to End Polio and Eradicate...

Karen Bartlett

Paperback

$22.99  $8

In Stock 😊

ADD +