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636729
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Yanni, Carla
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| Title & Author
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The architecture of madness : : insane asylums in the United States /\ Carla Yanni
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| Publication Statement
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Minneapolis :: University of Minnesota Press,, c2007
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| Series Statement
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Architecture, landscape, and American culture
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xi, 191 p. :: ill. ;; 28 cm
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| ISBN
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9780816649396
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: 0816649391
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: 9780816649402
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: 0816649405
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-185) and index
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| Abstract
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Illustrated throughout, Yanni offers a fresh and original look at the American medical establishment's century-long preoccupation with therapeutic architecture as a way to cure social ills
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Asylums-- United States-- Design and construction-- History
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Psychiatric hospitals-- United States-- Design and construction-- History
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Hospital architecture-- United States-- History
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Hospitals, Psychiatric-- history-- United States
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History, 19th Century-- United States
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History, 20th Century-- United States
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Hospital Design and Construction-- history-- United States
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| LC Classification
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RC445.Y36 2007
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| Parallel Title
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Insane asylums in the United States
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