Psychiatry and empire

'Psychiatry and Empire' brings together scholars in the History of Medicine and Colonialism to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The volume advances our understanding of the rise of modern psy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Mahone, Sloan, 1966- (-), Vaughan, Megan
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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Sumario:'Psychiatry and Empire' brings together scholars in the History of Medicine and Colonialism to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The volume advances our understanding of the rise of modern psychiatry as it collided with the psychology of colonial rule.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 243 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781281844743
9786611844745
9780230593244