Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay Shackled Bodies, Unchained Minds

Lunatic Asylums in Colonial Bombay Shackled Bodies, Unchained Minds / by Sarah Ann Pinto.

This book traces the historical roots of the problems in India’s mental health care system. It accounts for indigenous experiences of the lunatic asylum in the Bombay Presidency (1793-1921). The book argues that the colonial lunatic asylum failed to assimilate into Indian society and therefore remai...

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Main Author: Pinto, Sarah Ann (Author)
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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Mental Health in Historical Perspective
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Subjects:
Social history.
Asia—History.
Imperialism.
Medicine—History.
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