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The Victorian Asylum (Shire Library) (Shire Library)
enlarge	Author: Sarah Rutherford Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd Category: Book List Price: ~~Ł5.99~~ Buy New: Ł2.33 You Save: Ł3.66 (61%) New (13) Used (3) from Ł1.49 Rating: 1 reviews Sales Rank: 116932 Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 56 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.8 x 0.2 ISBN: 0747806691 Dewey Decimal Number: 362.2109034 EAN: 9780747806691 ASIN: 0747806691 Publication Date: May 2, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Condition: BRAND NEW and IN STOCK - dispatched within 48 hours from the UK


Customer Reviews: A Well Presented Little Booklet August 18, 2008 This is a well presented booklet with many black and white and colour illustrations. As always with this series it leaves you wanting to know more about the subject. The author charts the building boom of asylums during the 19th century and the massive increase in the number of patients held within these new institutions. Building styles, life in an asylum and specialist asylums such as Broadmoor are briefly covered together with the demise and subsequent demolition of many of these excellent buildings in the 1980s and 1990s. I would have liked reference to a greater number of institutions, the same few tend to be often cited. A good bibliography and list of places to visit are provided.