Convicts, Lunatics and Criminals: A Case Study of Colonial Women and the Contingent Nature of Marginality

Authors

  • Jenny Coleman

Keywords:

convicts, lunatics, criminals, lunacy, transportation, institutionalisation, deviance, women, prisoners, inmates, madness, Australian history, colonial Australia

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