Sorrows of a Century : Interpreting Suicide in New Zealand, 1900-2000.
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- 9780773589957
- 362.2809930904
- HV6548.N45W433 2014
Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Graphs, and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Long-Term Perspectives: Chronology, Gender, Life-Course, Ethnicity, and Method -- 2 Relationships: Sex, Alcohol, and Violence, 1900-80 -- 3 Dark Days and Golden Weather: Despair and Work, 1900-80 -- 4 Life Diminished: Illness and Trauma, 1900-2000 -- 5 Mental Illnesses: Representation and Therapy, 1900-2000 -- 6 The Youth Suicide Panic: Framing a Mental Health Crisis, 1988-96 -- 7 What Is Happening to Our Children? Youth Suicides, 1980-2000 -- 8 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 -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
An intimate analysis of the motives for suicide, set amidst the crises of the twentieth century.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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