Author: John AikinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Leprosy
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A View of the Life, Travels, and Philanthropic Labours of the Late John Howard...
The Curious Mr Howard
Author: Tessa WestPublisher: Waterside Press
ISBN: 1904380735
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
John Howard's curiosity about prisons goes without saying, as his own writings show, including his iconic The State of the Prisons in England and Wales. As a self-appointed inspector of prisons - and the first to carry out such a task - Howard would knock on the door of penal establishments, mostly unannounced or uninvited. Once inside, he would observe, listen, and make copious records of events behind prison walls. John Howard (1726-1790) was a curious individual altogether: restless, eccentric, and, above all, singular. Forever concerned with minutiae, not without friends, but lacking close social contacts, the workaholic Howard frequently travelled alone and in dangerous places for months on end. Always restless and forever retracing his steps, he was equally at home in foreign countries as he was pursuing his carefully planned routines in and around Cambridge and London. A perfectionist wherever he went, Howard brought his influence, genius, and reputation to bear, seeking to imp
Catalogue of the Books of the Library of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association
Author: Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, Portland. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A Catalogue of the books belonging to the Company of the Redwood Library and Athenæum, in Newport, R.I. To which is prefixed a short account of the institution, etc
Author: Redwood Library and Athenæum (NEWPORT, Rhode Island)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Reform Movements in Behalf of Children in England of the Early Nineteenth Century
Author: Isabel SimeralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child labor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Classed List
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Classified List
Author: Princeton University. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Health and Architecture
Author: Mohammad GharipourPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350217395
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Health and Architecture offers a uniquely global overview of the healthcare facility in the pre-modern era, engaging in a cross-cultural analysis of the architectural response to medical developments and the formation of specialized hospitals as an independent building typology. Whether constructed as part of Chinese palaces in the 15th century or the religious complexes in 16th century Ottoman Istanbul, the healthcare facility throughout history is a built environment intended to promote healing and caring. The essays in this volume address how the relationships between architectural forms associated with healthcare and other buildings in the pre-modern era, such as bathhouses, almshouses, schools and places of worship, reflect changing attitudes towards healing. They explore the impact of medical advances on the design of hospitals across various times and geographies, and examine the historic construction processes and the stylistic connections between places of care and other building types, and their development in urban context. Deploying new methodological, interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to the analysis of healthcare facilities, Health and Architecture demonstrates how the spaces of healthcare themselves offer some of the most powerful and practical articulations of therapy.
Catalogue of the Library of the Providence Athenaeum
Author: Providence AthenaeumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
The Politics of Punishment
Author: Bruce F. AdamsPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501747754
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Bruce F. Adams examines how Russia's Main Prison Administration was created, the number of prisoners it managed in what types of prisons, and what it accomplished. While providing a thorough account of prison management at a crucial time in Russia's history, Adams explores broader discussions of reform within Russia's government and society, especially after the Revolution of 1905, when arguments on such topics as parole and probation boiled in the arena of raucous public debate.