Madness, Cannabis and Colonialism
Subtitle: The 'Native Only' Lunatic Asylums of British India, 1857-1900
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: September 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780312233594
Subjects: Mental Disorders; Psychiatric Hospitals; Psychology; Politics/International Relations; Asia - India; Europe - Great Britain - General; History / India; History-Asia - India; History-Europe - Great Britain - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / History; Mental Health; 19th century; Asylums; Commitment and detention; History; India; Insane; Mental Illness; Treatment
First sentence: Tracing the time and effort expended in the early 1870s on deciding the form of the end of year statistical report demonstrates the importance attached to the collection and compilation of information at the asylum.