Immigrants and institutional confinement in Australia and New Zealand, 1873–1910
by
Catharine Coleborne
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
This book examines the formation of colonial social identities inside the institutions for the insane in Australia and New Zealand. Taking a large sample of patient records, it pays particular attention to gender, ethnicity and class as categories of analysis, reminding us of the varied journeys of...