Waltraud Ernst

Mad Tales from the Raj (eBook, PDF)

Colonial Psychiatry in South Asia, 1800-58

• Format: PDF

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857286734
• Artikelnr.: 44360836

Autorenporträt

Waltraud Ernst is Professor in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University. She has written widely on various aspects of the history of colonial psychiatry.

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