Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

Mahone, S.; Vaughan, M.

'Psychiatry and Empire' brings together scholars in the History of Medicine and Colonialism to explore questions of race, gender and power relations in former colonial states across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific. The volume advances our understanding of the rise of modern psychiatry as it collided with the psychology of colonial rule.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2007-11-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403947116

DOI: 10.1057/9780230593244

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 243