Psychiatry and Empire

Psychiatry and Empire
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9780230593244
ISBN-13 : 0230593240
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Download or read book Psychiatry and Empire written by S. Mahone and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-11-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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.


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