Madness in the Family: Insanity and Institutions in the Australasian Colonial World, 1860-1914

Madness in the Family: Insanity and Institutions in the Australasian Colonial World, 1860-1914

by Catharine Coleborne (Author)

Synopsis

Madness in the Family explores how colonial families coped with insanity through a trans-colonial study of the relationships between families and public colonial hospitals for the insane in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and New Zealand between 1860 and 1914.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Edition: 2010
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 18 Nov 2009

ISBN 10: 0230578071
ISBN 13: 9780230578074