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St Elizabeths in Washington, D.C.: Architecture of an Asylum - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Sarah A. LeavittSeries:LandmarksPublish date:2019-05-06Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467141727ISBN-10:1467141720UPC:9781467141727Book Category:History, Medical, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:United States, Mental Health, BuildingsBook Topic:State & Local, Landmarks & MonumentsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7FMEC9EE

St Elizabeths in Washington, D.C.: Architecture of an Asylum

This well-illustrated book follows an exhibition at the National Building Museum, highlighting the ways that this specialized architecture and landscape served the mentally ill.


St. Elizabeth's has been a mental health hospital in Wash

Series: Landmarks
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467141727ISBN-10:1467141720UPC:9781467141727Book Category:History, Medical, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:United States, Mental Health, BuildingsBook Topic:State & Local, Landmarks & MonumentsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC7FMEC9EE
Leavitt, Sarah A.: - Sarah A. Leavitt is a curator at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., where her exhibition subjects have included low-income renter eviction, community policing and the history of the parking garage. She is the editor of Taliesin Diary: A Year with Frank Lloyd Wright (Norton, 2013) and the author of From Catharine Beecher to Martha Stewart: A Cultural History of...
Publisher: History Press

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