'That awful place was home': Reflections on the contested meanings of Craig Dunain asylum

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-360

  Parr, Hester ^a   Philo, Chris ^b   Burns, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Meaning; Mental health; Proximity

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MENTAL HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HIGHLAND; INVERNESS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 85039527953     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702540308555249     Document Type: Article

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