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Insanity, Race and Colonialism: Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914

Insanity, Race and Colonialism: Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914 - Paperback

by L. Smith
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Availability:In StockContributor:L. SmithSeries:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial StudiesTheme:Chronological Period/19th Century, Cultural Region/British, Cultural Region/CaribbeanPublish date:2014-01-01Pages:285
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349439980ISBN-10:1349439983UPC:9781349439980Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Caribbean & West IndiesBook Topic:Great Britain, 19th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCRX4CZ8YJ
Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian colonies continued to suffer serious material deprivation and racial oppression. This book examines the management and treatment of those who became insane, in the period until the Great War.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9781349439980ISBN-10:1349439983UPC:9781349439980Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Modern, Caribbean & West IndiesBook Topic:Great Britain, 19th CenturySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCRX4CZ8YJ

Leonard Smith is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has written extensively on the history of provision for the insane in the 18th and 19th centuries. His publications include 'Cure, Comfort and Safe Custody': Public Lunatic Asylums in early Nineteenth-Century England (1999) and Lunatic Hospitals in Georgian England, 1750-1830 (2007). He has worked in mental health services since 1973.


Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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2014 Edition

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L. Smith

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L. Smith

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