Clare Hickman

Therapeutic landscapes

A history of English hospital gardens since 1800

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Therapeutic landscapes uniquely brings together historical and contemporary debates on the use of the garden as a therapeutic space. By focusing on the history of hospital gardens in England, Hickman adds a new dimension to current concerns regarding the therapeutic environment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 479g
• ISBN-13: 9780719086601
• ISBN-10: 0719086604
• Artikelnr.: 37743092

Autorenporträt

Clare Hickman is a Wellcome Fellow in Medical History & Humanities at Kings College London

Inhaltsangabe

1. The hospital garden as a space for health 2. Cliff-top walks, summer
houses and pagodas: picturesque garden features and the elite private
asylum 3. The perfect asylum may appear to be a Utopia: the Victorian
asylum and its landscape 4. Pavilions and palaces of health: the gardens of
the Victorian general hospital 5. Fresh air and sunshine: the open-air
institutions of the twentieth century 6. Present and future trends in
hospital gardens Select bibliography Index