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. Ed(S): Mahone, Sloan; Vaughan, M. - Psychiatry and Empire - 9781349524136 - V9781349524136
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Psychiatry and Empire

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Description for Psychiatry and Empire Paperback. This book brings together scholars in the History of Medicine to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Editor(s): Mahone, Sloan; Vaughan, M. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD1; HBJF; HBTB; MBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
'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.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series
Number of Pages
243
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349524136
SKU
V9781349524136
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99-15

About . Ed(S): Mahone, Sloan; Vaughan, M.
ALICE BULLARD Associate Professor, School of History Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA SANJEEV JAIN Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India SHRUTI KAPILA Assistant Professor of History at Tufts University, USA RICHARD KELLER Assistant Professor of Medical History and the History of Science, the University of Wisconsin-Madison JACQUELINE LECKIE Senior Lecturer in ... Read more

Reviews for Psychiatry and Empire
'Psychiatry and Empire is a valuable contribution to the history of psychiatry and to understanding current issues of cultural difference in mental health care.' Tony O'Brien, Metapsychology online reviews 'The book includes ten chapters, each of which is impressive in its own right and which collectively add considerable nuance to our understanding of the colonial world as ... Read more

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