| Psychiatry and Empire 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Mahone, S. (Editor), Vaughan, M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349524131 ISBN-13: 9781349524136 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Medical | Psychiatry - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 325.320 |
| Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6" W x 9" (0.76 lbs) 243 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: '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. |