Waltraud Ernst

Mad Tales from the Raj

Colonial Psychiatry in South Asia, 1800-58

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised and enlarged reprint provides a comprehensive assessment of the British response to mental illness among both colonizers and the colonized during the East India Company's rule in India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 414g
• ISBN-13: 9781843318811
• ISBN-10: 1843318814
• Artikelnr.: 28898128

Autorenporträt

Waltraud Ernst is Professor of the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Chapter 1: Colonizing the Mind Introduction: Ex Oriente Lux - the Light of the Orient
Chapter 2: Madness and the Politics of Colonial Rule
Chapter 3: The Institutions
Chapter 4: The Medical Profession
Chapter 5: The Patients
Chapter 6: Medical Theory and Practice
Chapter 7: 'Mad Dogs and Englismen...'
Primary Sources
Notes
Index