Welcome to the Kids' Library!

Search for books, movies, music, magazines, and more.

Back to Search Results

Available items only

Previous Record Next Record

E-Book/E-Doc

Author

Coleborne, Catharine.

Title Madness in the family [electronic resource] : insanity and institutions in the Australasian colonial world, 1860-1914 / Catharine Coleborne.

Imprint

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Connect to
Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xv, 220 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-213) and 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.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Psychiatry -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century.
	Psychiatric hospitals -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century.
	Mentally ill -- Family relationships -- Australasia -- History -- 19th century.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780230578074 (alk. paper)
	0230578071 (alk. paper)