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Madness in the Family

Insanity and Institutions in the Australasian Colonial World, 1860–1914
By:C. Coleborne
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780230578074
eText ISBN:9780230248649
Edition:0
Copyright:2010
Format:Page Fidelity

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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.