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

Coleborne, C.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-11-18

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349367610

DOI: 10.1057/9780230248649

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 220