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What do we really know about lunatic asylums? Films and TV programs have portrayed them as places of horror where the patients are restrained. But what was the world of 19th century lunatic asylums really like? This book will explore this world using the techniques of historical archaeology and history.Piddock, Susan is the author of 'A Space of Their Own', published 2007 under ISBN 9780387733852 and ISBN 038773385X.
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