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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The discovery of the asylum The discovery of the asylum David J. Rothman Detailed history of U.S. social control of the criminal, poor, and mentally ill from colonial practices centered on human resources to "the age of the asylum," the Jacksonian era. OL11333448W
Women of Magdalene Women of Magdalene R. Poole-Carter "A fictional account of a doctor in post-Civil War Louisiana who exposes the head of a women's asylum as a fraud and a murderer, built around themes of mysogyny and racism"--Provided by publisher. OL16069452W
Blue asylum Blue asylum Kathy Hepinstall Amid the mayhem of the American Civil War, a Virginia plantation wife is put on trial by her slaveholder husband. Iris Dunleavy is convicted of madness by a Virginia judge; it is the only reasonable … OL16615585W
Church of Marvels Church of Marvels Leslie Parry "New York, 1895. Sylvan Threadgill, a night soiler cleaning out the privies behind the tenement houses, finds an abandoned newborn baby in the muck. An orphan himself, Sylvan rescues the child, deter… OL17920771W
This way madness lies This way madness lies Mike Jay Is mental illness-- or madness-- at root an illness of the body, a disease of the mind, or a sickness of the soul? Should those who suffer from it be secluded from society or integrated more fully in… OL19664867W
The long count The long count Jeff Gulvin In The Long Count, the first book of JM Gulvin's masterful new crime series, we meet Ranger John Quarrie as he is called to the scene of an apparent suicide by a fellow war veteran. Although the loca… OL19720975W
The dead girls of Hysteria Hall The dead girls of Hysteria Hall Katie Alender Delia's new house isn't just a house. Long ago, it was the Piven Institute for the Care and Correction of Troubled Females -- an insane asylum nicknamed "Hysteria Hall." However, many of the inmates … OL20007164W
Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914 Gender and class in English asylums, 1890-1914 Louise Hide "The Victorian period saw an unprecedented rise in the number of people who were committed to 'lunatic asylums'. We know something of why this happened, but far less about what life was like inside t… OL23191508W
The Architecture of Madness The Architecture of Madness Carla Yanni Elaborately conceived, grandly constructed insane asylums—ranging in appearance from classical temples to Gothic castles—were once a common sight looming on the outskirts of American towns and cities… OL8396583W
Angels in the Architecture Angels in the Architecture Heidi Johnson "In the nineteenth century, perhaps no approach to mental illness was more compassionate than that of hospital administrator Thomas Story Kirkbride, whose asylum designs integrated beauty and nature … OL8950407W