Description
Book Synopsis‘Mad Tales from the Raj’ is an authoritative assessment of western psychiatry within the context of British colonialism. This revised version provides a comprehensive study of official attitudes and practices in relation to both Indian and European patients during the dominance of the British East India Company. It is fascinating reading not only to students of colonial history, medical sociology and related disciplines, but to all those with a general interest in life in the colonies.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1: Colonizing the Mind Introduction: Ex Oriente Lux - the Light of the Orient; Chapter 2: Madness and the Politics of Colonial Rule; Chapter 3: The Institutions; Chapter 4: The Medical Profession; Chapter 5: The Patients; Chapter 6: Medical Theory and Practice; Chapter 7: 'Mad Dogs and Englismen...'; Primary Sources; Notes; Index
