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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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mahone, Sloan (Editor), Vaughan, Megan, 1954- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Series:Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
Subjects:
History.
Asian History.
Cultural History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Medicine.
History of Science.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Civilization > History.
Medicine > History.
World history.
Asia > History.
Great Britain > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:'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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 243 pages)
ISBN:9780230593244
DOI:10.1057/9780230593244