Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-217) and index.
Contents:
Insanity in the 'age of mobility' : Melbourne and Auckland, 1850s-1880s -- Immigrants, mental health and social institutions : Melbourne and Auckland, 1850s-1890s -- Passing through : narrating patient identities in the colonial hospitals for the insane, 1873-1910 -- White men and weak masculinity : men in the public asylums, 1860s-1900s -- Insanity and white femininity : women in the public asylums, 1860s-1900s -- The 'others' : inscribing difference in colonial institutional settings.
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