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Madness in the Family

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

Hardback Published on: 18/11/2009
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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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
  • ISBN: 9780230578074
  • Number of pages: 220
  • Dimensions: 224 x 146 x 19 mm
  • Weight: 396g
  • Languages: English