Indian Insanes: Lunacy in the 'Native' Asylums of Colonial India, 1858-1912
The new Government of India did not introduce legislation for `native' lunacy in colonial India as a measure of social control after the uprisings of 1857-8; discussions about Indian insanes had already occurred in 1856, following asylum and pauper reform in Victorian England. With the 1858 Lun...
Main Author: | Bhattacharyya, Anouska |
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Other Authors: | Harrington, Anne |
Language: | en_US |
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Harvard University
2013
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Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11204 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11181217 |
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