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A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia and Tasmania

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Authors:
  1. Susan Piddock

    1. Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia

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  • 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

Part of the book series: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology (CGHA)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. A Space of Their Own

    Pages 1-6

  3. The Archaeology of Institutions

    Pages 7-18

  4. The Archaeology of Lunatic Asylums

    Pages 19-36

  5. The Changing Face of Insanity and Rise of the Institution

    Pages 37-47

  6. Constructing the ‘Ideal’

    Pages 49-76

  7. The British Lunatic Asylum: Ideals and Realities

    Pages 77-106

  8. South Australia and the ‘Ideal’ Lunatic Asylum

    Pages 107-147

  9. Tasmania and the ‘Ideal’ Asylum

    Pages 149-182

  10. The ‘Ideal’ Asylum: A World of Difference

    Pages 183-214

  11. Conclusion: Archaeology and Lunatic Asylums

    Pages 215-223

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 225-265
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About this book

This book draws largely on my unpublished Doctoral Thesis: A Space of Their Own: Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in England, South Australia and Tasmania, and l am happy to send information on South Australia and Tasmania not included in this book to interested readers. I would like to dedicate this book to my family who have lived for many years with my passion for lunatic asylums, and in particular my mother, Margaret Piddock, manuscript reader extraordinary. I would like to thank Professor Vincent Megaw for introducing me to the Destitute Asylum excavation and for starting me on the path of institutional archaeology, and for his and Ruth Megaw’s support through my student years, and Claire Smith and Heather Burke for helping turn research into a thesis. I would like to thank James Gibb for preparing illustrations from my tracings and Dr. Elizabeth Heath, for her support over the years and for reading of this book in its various stages. v P Piddock-FM.indd v iddock-FM.indd v 9 9/7/2007 11:47:25 AM /7/2007 11:47:25 AM Glossary Acute/manic/furious/frantic - these words were used to describe the behaviour of the insane while they were experiencing the initial on set of mental illness or a further period of mental illness when their actions were uncontrolled and the person could not be reasoned with. Patients in this state were often physically restless, sometimes violent, and difficult to reason with.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia

    Susan Piddock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Space of Their Own: The Archaeology of Nineteenth Century Lunatic Asylums in Britain, South Australia and Tasmania

  • Authors: Susan Piddock

  • Series Title: Contributions To Global Historical Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73386-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-73385-2Published: 27 September 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7906-6Published: 16 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-73386-9Published: 18 December 2007

  • Series ISSN: 1574-0439

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 265

  • Topics: History of Medicine, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage

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