The early asylums of Western Canada : the architectural and social functions of mental hospitals / Arthur Allen.

Main entry:

Allen, Arthur.

Title & Author:

The early asylums of Western Canada : the architectural and social functions of mental hospitals / Arthur Allen.

Publication:

West Vancouver, B.C. : Arthur Allen, [2011]

Description:

82 pages in various pagings : illustrations, plans ; 18 x 23 cm

Notes:
"Handmade books"--Page 3
Revised version of a paper entitled "Architectural function and the early asylums of Western Canada", prepared for the conference "Madness, Citizenship and Social Justice" held at Simon Fraser University in June, 2008, and re-presented at The 2nd West Coast Symposium in the History of Medicine, held at Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alta., in Apr. 2011
With: The Saskatchewan asylum debate -- The last asylum -- Friendly circles -- The shape of things.
Includes bibliographical references.

Subject:

Psychiatric hospitals Canada, Western Design and construction History.
Psychiatric hospitals Design and construction History.
Hôpitaux psychiatriques Conception et construction Histoire.
Psychiatric hospitals Design and construction.
Western Canada.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Architectural function and the early asylums of Western Canada.

Holdings:

Location: Library main y canada 276992
Call No.: BIB 211586
Status: Available

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