Houses of madness [electronic resource] : insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India / Debjani Das.
2015
RC451.I6 D37 2015eb
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Title
Houses of madness [electronic resource] : insanity and asylums of Bengal in nineteenth-century India / Debjani Das.
ISBN
9780199085484 (electronic book)
Published
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages) : illustrations, maps
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10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199458875 doi
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RC451.I6 D37 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.21095409034
Summary
'Houses of Madness' is a history of asylums of colonial Bengal in the 19th century. It explores these institutions through several phases that not only involved changes in medical treatment and its interpretation, but also the question of spatial distribution within these institutions.
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'Houses of Madness' is a history of asylums of colonial Bengal in the 19th century. It explores these institutions through several phases that not only involved changes in medical treatment and its interpretation, but also the question of spatial distribution within these institutions.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Madness and madhouses of the lower prowinces of Bengal
Treatment of the insane: conflict between theory and practice
Women in the lunatic asylums of Bengal
The role of asylum staff in the treatment of insanity.
Treatment of the insane: conflict between theory and practice
Women in the lunatic asylums of Bengal
The role of asylum staff in the treatment of insanity.