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Madness in the family Insanity and institutions in the Australasian colonial world, 1860-1914 /

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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Main Authors: Coleborne, Catharine.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Mentally ill > Family relationships > History > 19th century > Australasia.
Psychiatry > History > 19th century > Australasia.
Psychiatric hospitals > History > 19th century > Australasia.
History of Medicine.
Australasian & Pacific history.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
Social & cultural history.
Health and Fitness.
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230248649
Summary: 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.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Originally published in: 2009.
Carrier Form: 240 p. : 8 b&w, ill., 2 maps, 4.
ISBN: 9780230578074
9780230248649 :
0230248640 :
CLC: R749
Contents: List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction Colonial Psychiatry in the Australasian World Families and the Colonial Hospital System, 1860-1900 Families and the Language of Insanity Writing to and from the Asylum Tracing Families for Maintenance Payments Porous Boundaries: Families, Patients and Practices of Extra-Institutional Care Conclusion: Families, Insanity, and the Archive Appendix: Indications of insanity noted by family and friends of inmate prior to committal Notes Bibliography Index.

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