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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464927903321

Autore

Weaver John C

Titolo

Sorrows of a century : interpreting suicide in New Zealand, 1900-2000 / / John C. Weaver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal [Quebec] ; ; Kingston [Ontario] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press

Wellington, New Zealand : , : Bridget Williams Books, , [2014]

©2014

Beaconsfield, Quebec : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2014

ISBN

0-7735-8995-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's/Associated Medical Services studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; ; 40

Disciplina

362.28099309

Soggetti

Suicide - New Zealand - History - 20th century

Suicide - Social aspects - New Zealand - History - 20th century

Suicide - Economic aspects - New Zealand - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Long-Term Perspectives: Chronology, Gender, Life-Course, Ethnicity, and Method -- Relationships: Sex, Alcohol, and Violence, 1900-80 -- Dark Days and Golden Weather: Despair and Work, 1900-80 -- Life Diminished: Illness and Trauma, 1900-2000 -- Mental Illnesses: Representation and Therapy, 1900-2000 -- The Youth Suicide Panic: Framing a Mental Health Crisis, 1988-96 -- What Is Happening to Our Children? Youth Suicides, 1980-2000 -- Decisions: Impulse and Reason in Historical Time, 1900-2000 -- Conclusion: History's Patterns and Prevention's Obstacles -- Appendix One: Methodology -- Appendix Two: Writing Style Notes.