Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism [electronic resource] : The 'Native Only' Lunatic Asylums of British India 1857-1900 / by J. Mills.

Erişim Adresi
Link
ISBN
9780230286047
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/5125
Yazar
Mills, J.
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2000.
Yayın Bilgisi
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000.
Fiziksel Niteleme
X, 227 p. online resource.
Özet, vb.
This fascinating, entertaining and often gruelling book by James Mills, examines the lunatic asylums set up by the British in nineteenth-century India. The author asserts that there was a growth in asylums following the Indian Mutiny, fuelled by the fear of itinerant and dangerous individuals, which existed primarily in the British imagination. Once established though, these asylums, which were staffed by Indians and populated by Indians, quickly became arenas in which the designs of the British were contested and confronted. Mills argues that power is everywhere and is behind every action; colonial power is therefore just another way to assert control over the less powerful. This social history draws on official archives and documents based in Scotland, England and India. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in history, sociology, or the general interest reader.
Konu
Asia __ History.
Imperialism.
Psychiatry.
History, Modern.
Asian History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Psychiatry.
Modern History.
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