The lunatic asylum in British India, 1857 to 1880 : colonialism, medicine and power

The thesis explores three issues which are important in discussions of colonial and medical power at the asylum in British India. The first is the asylum as a site for the production of colonial knowledge. The methodological problems of using documents is a current concern in both medical and coloni...

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Main Author: Mills, James H.
Published: University of Edinburgh 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.657813