Women, infanticide, and the press, 1822-1922 : news narratives in England and Australia / by Nicola Goc.

Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, 2013.

203 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Infanticide news in the London times: 1822-1871. Personal tragedies, public narratives: 1822-1833 -- A press campaign and the 1834 New Poor Law -- The 1860s maternal panic -- Infanticide news in the regional press: 1830-1922. Infanticide in the Van Diemen's land press -- "Bush madness" in The mercury -- "The Hinkley girl 'mother'" and The Leicester Mercury -- Conclusion.

Copy 1, donated by the publisher.