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Mad tales from the Raj: colonial psychiatry in South Asia, 1800-58

By: Series: Anthem South Asian studiesPublication details: 2012 Anthem Press DelhiDescription: xvii, 155 pISBN:
  • 9789380601489
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1968900954 E7M2
Summary: Mad Tales from the Raj’ is an extensively researched study of mental illness within the context of British colonialism in early nineteenth-century India. The author challenges the assumption that western medical psychology was impartial and highlights the extent to which it reflected British colonial ideology and practice. This long overdue reprint makes available in easily accessible form an authoritative assessment of western, institution-based psychiatry during the East India Company’s period. It includes a fully revised introduction that locates the work in relation to recent scholarly discourse in the field of history of colonial medicine as well as additional material on the treatment of the 'native insane'.
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 25-B / Slot 1159 (0 Floor, East Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 362.1968900954 E7M2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 178627

"First published in the UK by Routledge 1991" - T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mad Tales from the Raj’ is an extensively researched study of mental illness within the context of British colonialism in early nineteenth-century India. The author challenges the assumption that western medical psychology was impartial and highlights the extent to which it reflected British colonial ideology and practice. This long overdue reprint makes available in easily accessible form an authoritative assessment of western, institution-based psychiatry during the East India Company’s period. It includes a fully revised introduction that locates the work in relation to recent scholarly discourse in the field of history of colonial medicine as well as additional material on the treatment of the 'native insane'.

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