Title Insanity, identity and empire : immigrants and institutional confinement in Australia and New Zealand, 1873-1910 / Catharine Coleborne

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015 ©2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Studies in imperialism Studes in imperialism 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 Summary Based on over 3000 institutional records, Coleborne's study will have wider relevance outside of the history of medicine and psychiatry. It has a global perspective but focuses on specific destinations, and in so doing, contributes in an innovative way to global history and the history of human migration Analysis Australasia Insanity colonial identity immigrants institutions madness migration mobility Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 28, 2015) Subject Immigrants -- Australia -- Psychology Immigrants -- New Zealand -- Psychology People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- Australia -- History -- 19th century People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care -- New Zealand -- History -- 19th century SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. MEDICAL -- History. Emigration and immigration Immigrants -- Psychology People with mental disabilities -- Institutional care SUBJECT Australia -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century New Zealand -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 19th century Subject Australia New Zealand Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781784996710 1784996718 9781526104250 1526104253 9781784996093 1784996092

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