From personal accounts to bureaucratic standards: administration reform in nineteenth century asylums
Author(s): Katherine Fennelly
Year: 2013
Summary
Utilising methods drawn from history, archaeology and codicology, this paper will consider the changes and challenges brought about by standardisation of administrative paperwork in public asylums in the nineteenth century. This is drawn from current PhD research based on asylum planning, management and administration in the British Isles.
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From personal accounts to bureaucratic standards: administration reform in nineteenth century asylums. Katherine Fennelly. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Leicester, England, U.K. 2013 ( tDAR id: 428308)
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Keywords
General
asylums
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bureaucracy
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Paper
Geographic Keywords
United Kingdom
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Western Europe
Temporal Keywords
Nineteenth Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -8.158; min lat: 49.955 ; max long: 1.749; max lat: 60.722 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 552