Dana Arnold is Professor of Architectural History and Theory at Middlesex University, London. Her other writings on London include Rural Urbanism: London landscapes in the early nineteenth century (2006) and Representing the Metropolis: Architecture, urban experience and social life in London 1800-1840 (2000).

The Spaces of the Hospital explores the role and significance of hospitals as agents of change in London c1680-1820.

Introduction 1. The Spaces of the Hospital 2. Heterotopias 3. There is no Place like Home 4. Matter out of Place 5. The Gift: Dare Quam Accipere 6. The Complete Urbanisation of Society Bibliography Index