Insanity, race and colonialism : managing mental disorder in the post-emancipation British Caribbean, 1838-1914 / Leonard Smith.
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 1914....
Uniform Title: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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Language: | English |
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Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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Series: | Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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Physical Description: | x, 285 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm. |
Format: | Book |
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