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Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism: The 'Native Only' Lunatic Asylums of British India, 1857-1900 (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for Madness, Cannabis and ColonialismThis fascinating, entertaining, and often grueling book by James Mills examines the lunatic asylums set up by the British in 19th-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, however, these asylums, which were staffed...
Full description- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Published: 30 September 2000
- Format: Hardback 239 pages
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- Categories: Psychology | Abnormal Psychology | General & World History | British & Irish History | Asian History | History: Specific Events & Topics
- ISBN 13: 9780312233594 ISBN 10: 0312233590
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Full description for Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism
This fascinating, entertaining, and often grueling book by James Mills examines the lunatic asylums set up by the British in 19th-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, however, 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. The social history draws on official archives and documents based in Scotland, England, and India.
