Insanity, Race and Colonialism: Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)

Insanity, Race and Colonialism: Managing Mental Disorder in the Post-Emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914 (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series)

by Leonard Smith (Author), Leonard Smith (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Edition: 2014
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 22 Oct 2014

ISBN 10: 1137028629
ISBN 13: 9781137028624