Mad Tales From the Raj: Colonial Psychia

Informationen zum Autor Waltraud Ernst is Professor of the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Waltraud Ernst, Ernst Waltraud
• Editore: External catalogues UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 16.03.2010
• EAN: 9781843318811
• ISBN: 978-1-84331-881-1
• Serie: Anthem South Asian Studies (Ha; Anthem South Asian Studies; Anthem South Asian Studies
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Medicina > Branche cliniche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; HISTORY / Asia / General, Asian History