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Author:

Coleborne, Catharine.

Title:

Madness in the family : insanity and institutions in the Australasian colonial world, 1860-1914 / Catharine Coleborne.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xv, 220 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Psychiatry--Australasia--History--19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals--Australasia--History--19th century.
Mentally ill--History--Australasia--History--19th century.
Hospitals, Psychiatric--history--Australia.
Hospitals, Psychiatric--history--New Zealand.
Family Relations--Australia.
Family Relations--New Zealand.
History, 19th Century--Australia.
History, 19th Century--New Zealand.
History, 20th Century--Australia.
History, 20th Century--New Zealand.
Hospitals, Public--history--Australia.
Hospitals, Public--history--New Zealand.
Mental Disorders--history--Australia.
Mental Disorders--history--New Zealand.
Professional-Family Relations--Australia.
Professional-Family Relations--New Zealand.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-213) and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

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"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0230578071 (alk. paper)
9780230578074 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)461256225

LCCN:

2009044932

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)