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Published by MIT Press (MA) September 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. For more than half the nation's history, vast mental hospitals were aprominent feature of the American landscape. From the mid-nineteenth century to theearly twentieth, over 250 institutions for the insane were built throughout theUnited States; by 1948, they housed more than a half million patients. The blueprintfor these hospitals was set by Pennsylvania hospital superintendant Thomas StoryKirkbride: a central administration building flanked symmetrically by pavilions andsurrounded by lavish grounds with pastoral vistas. Kirkbride and others believedthat well-designed buildings and grounds, a peaceful environment, a regimen of freshair, and places for work, exercise, and cultural activities would heal mentalillness. But in the second half of the twentieth century, after the introduction ofpsychotropic drugs and policy shifts toward community-based care, patientpopulations declined dramatically, leaving many of these beautiful, massivebuildings--and the patients who lived in them--neglected and abandoned. Architectand photographer Christopher Payne spent six years documenting the decay of statemental hospitals like these, visiting seventy institutions in thirty states. Throughhis lens we see splendid, palatial exteriors (some designed by such prominentarchitects as H. H. Richardson and Samuel Sloan) and crumbling interiors--chairsstacked against walls with peeling paint in a grand hallway; brightly coloredtoothbrushes still hanging on a rack; stacks of suitcases, never packed for the triphome. Accompanying Payne's striking and powerful photographs is an essay by OliverSacks (who described his own experience working at a state mental hospital in hisbook Awakenings). Sacks pays tribute to Payne's photographs and to the lives oncelived in these places, 'where one could be both mad and safe.' Powerful photographs of the grand exteriors and crumbling interiors of America's abandoned state mental hospitals. Dust jacket scratched in front, torn and repaired, with yellowing at rear, near spine. Front cover lightly scratched in upper right, rear cover bumped in lower corner. Interior pages in very nice condition. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.
Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: J. W. Mah, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Payne, Christopher (illustrator). (USA) 5th printing of the first edition No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket with tiny rubbed mark to upper flap fold corner of cover. Hardcover, 210pp, full-page colour and B&W photos of abandoned and derelict mental hospitals. Architect and photographer Christopher Payne spent six years documenting the decay of state mental hospitals like these, visiting seventy institutions in thirty states. Through his lens we see splendid, palatial exteriors (some designed by such prominent architects as H. H. Richardson and Samuel Sloan) and crumbling interiorschairs stacked against walls with peeling paint in a grand hallway; brightly colored toothbrushes still hanging on a rack; stacks of suitcases, never packed for the trip home. Accompanying Payne's striking and powerful photographs is an essay by Oliver Sacks (who described his own experience working at a state mental hospital in his book Awakenings). Sacks pays tribute to Payne's photographs and to the lives once lived in these places, "where one could be both mad and safe. (4.3 JM HOJ 300/5 Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
Published by MIT Press, Cambridge MA 2009, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: THE CROSS Art + Books, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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27.0 x 30.0cms, 210pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good+ hardback & dustwrapper Payne spent 6 years documenting the decay of America's state mental hospitals when he photographed 70 institutions in 30 states.
Published by The MIT Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: New.
Published by The MIT Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by The MIT Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
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Condition: New.
Published by The MIT Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed by Photographer Christopher Payne on half title page. Oblong-shaped hardbound with dust jacket. Appears to be a first printing. No text markings noted; mild usage wear. Signed by Photographer.
Published by The MIT Press, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Mit Pr, 2009
ISBN 10: 0262013495ISBN 13: 9780262013499
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 209 pages. 10.50x12.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.
Published by Mit Press, 2009
Seller: Collectors Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus. Asylum; Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals Special Collection by Christopher Payne; Oliver W. Sacks. Published by Mit Press in 2009. Hardcover. What makes this title so special is its limited availability. - Publishers Weekly. Collectible item in very fine condition.