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The Architecture of Madness: Insane Asylums in the United States (Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture)
The Architecture of Madness Insane Asylums in the United States - Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture
Author: Carla Yanni
Elaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums?ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles?were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities. Many of these buildings were razed long ago, and those that remain stand as grim reminders of an often cruel system. For much of the nineteenth ce...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780816649396
ISBN-10: 0816649391
Publication Date: 4/19/2007
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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