The Victorian Asylum - Couverture souple

Rutherford, Sarah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747806691 ISBN 13 : 9780747806691

Editeur : Shire Publications, 2008

Synopsis

Dreaded and reviled by many, these nineteenth-century buildings provide a unique window on how the Victorians housed and treated the mentally ill. Despite initially good intentions, they became warehouses for society's outcasts at a time when cures were rare. Isolated, hidden in the countryside and surrounded by high walls, most have been closed since the 1980s, their original use largely forgotten. In "The Victorian Asylum", Sarah Rutherford gives an insight into their history, their often imposing architecture and their later decline and brings to life these haunting buildings, some of which still survive today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sarah Rutherford is a Kew-trained gardener who began her career at Oxford Botanic Garden. She was head of the English Heritage Historic Parks and Gardens Register and is now a freelance consultant and writer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shire Publications
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747806691
• ISBN 13: 9780747806691
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 56
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Walk; n.pederzini@terminaldistribuzione.com; ; Via Bruno Buozzi, 24/26,; Granarolo dell'Emilia BO,; 40057; Italie