Title: Madness in the family
Subtitle: insanity and institutions in the Australasian colonial world, 1860-1914
Description: "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.
Subjects: History, Public Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Professional-Family Relations, History, 19th Century, Family Relations, Mental Disorders, History, 20th Century, Mentally ill, Psychiatry, Family relationships, Family, australia, Family, europe, Australia, history, New zealand, history, Mental illness
Places: New Zealand, Australia, Australasia
Time periods: 19th century