Insanity, Race and Colonialism
Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914
Seiten
2014
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-31805-3 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Hersteller)
978-1-137-31805-3 (ISBN)
Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian colonies continued to suffer serious material deprivation and racial oppression. This book examines the management and treatment of those who became insane, in the period until the Great War.
Introduction 1. Caribbean Institutions in Context 2. The Early Lunatic Asylums 3. Scandal in Jamaica - The Kingston Lunatic Asylum 4. Reform - The Jamaica Lunatic Asylum 5. Colonial Asylums in Transition 6. Pathways to the Asylum 7. The Patient Challenge 8. The Colonial Asylum Regime Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.10.2014 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | X, 285 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften |
| Schlagworte | Caribbean • Colonialism • Imperial and postcolonial history • psychiatric history • race history • Reform • Treatment |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-31805-8 / 1137318058 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-31805-3 / 9781137318053 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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